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LAST   WILL  AND   TESTAMENT 


OF   THE   LATE 


ROBERT  RICHARD  RANDALL,  ESQ., 


OF 


THE   ACT   OF   INCORPORATION, 


AND  OF  THE  OTHER  ACTS  OF  THE  LEGISLATURE  OF  THE 
STATE  OF  NEW  YORK, 

RESPECTING   THE 

SAILORS'    SNUG    HARBOR: 

TOGETHER   WITH 

THE    NAMES    OF    THE    PERSONS    WHO    HAVE    ACTED    AS    TRUSTEES    OF    THE 
SAME— WITH  THEIR  BY-LAWS,  &c. 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  TRUSTEES. 


New  York  ; 

SLOTE  &  JANES;  STATIONERS  &  PRINTERS,  140  NASSAU  STREET. 

1883. 


©he  %n\  W\\\  and  Statement 


ROBERT    RICHARD    RANDALL,   Esq 


3n  tl)e  Name  of  @ob,  3lmen.  I,  Robert  Richard 
Randall,  of  the  seventh  ward  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
being  weak  in  body,  but  of  sound  and  disposing  mind  and 
memory,  do  make  and  ordain  this  my  last  Will  and  Testa- 
ment, as  follows  : 

First.     I  direct  all  my  just  debts  to  be  paid. 

Secondly.  I  give  unto  the  legitimate  children  of  my 
brother,  Paul  R.  Randall,  each  an  annuity  or  yearly  sum 
of  forty  pounds,  until  they  respectively  attain  the  age  of 
fifteen  years  ;  and  in  addition  thereto,  I  give  to  each  of  the 
sons  of  my  said  brother,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  pounds, 
to  be  paid  to  them  as  they  may  respectively  attain  the  age 
of  twenty-one  years  ;  and  also  to  each  daughter  which  my 
said  brother  may  have,  the  like  sum  of  one  thousand 
pounds  each,  to  be  paid  to  them  as  they  may  respectively 
be  married. 

Thirdly.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Betsey  Hart,  my 
housekeeper,  my  gold  sleeve  buttons,  and  an  annuity  or 
yearly  payment  of  forty  pounds,  to  be  paid  her  in  quarterly 
payments,  during  her  natural  life. 


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Fourthly.  I  give  and  bequeath  unto  Adam  Shields, 
my  faithful  overseer,  my  gold  watch  and  the  sum  of  forty 
pounds,  to  be  paid  to  him  as  soon  after  my  decease  as 
conveniently  may  be. 

Fifthly.  I  also  give  and  bequeath  unto  Gawn  Irvin, 
who  now  lives  with  me,  my  shoe-buckles  and  knee-buckles, 
and  also  the  sum  of  twenty  pounds,  to  be  paid  immediately 
after  my  decease. 

Sixthly.  As  to  and  concerning  all  the  rest,  residue  and 
remainder  of  my  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  I  give, 
devise  and  bequeath  the  same  unto  the  Chancellor  of  the 
State  of  New  York,  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  of  the  city  of 
New  York,  the  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  in 
the  city  of  New  York,  the  President  and  Vice-President  of 
the  Marine  Society  of  the  city  of  New  York,  the  senior 
Minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  said  city,  and  the 
senior  Minister  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  said  city  ; 
to  have  and  to  hold  all  and  singular  the  rest,  residue  and 
remainder  of  my  said  real  and  personal  estate,  unto  them, 
the  said  Chancellor  of  the  State  of  New  York,  Mayor  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  the  Recorder  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
the  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  President  and 
Vice-President  of  the  Marine  Society,  senior  Minister  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  and  senior  Minister  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  in  the  said  city,  for  the  time  being,  and  their 
respective  successors  in  the  said  offices,  for  ever,  to,  for 
and  upon  the  uses,  trusts,  intents  and  purposes,  and  sub- 
ject to  the  direction  and  appointments  hereinafter  men- 
tioned and  declared  concerning  the  same ;  that  is  to  say, 
out  of  the  rents,  issues  and  profits  of  the  said  rest,  residue 
and  remainder  of  my  said  real  add  personal  estate,  to  erect 
and  build  upon  some  eligible  part  of  the  land  upon  which  I 
now  reside,  an  Asylum,  or  Marine  Hospital,  to  be  called 
k'The  Sailors1  Snug  Harbor,"  for  the  purpose  of  maintain- 
ing and  supporting  aged,  decrepit  and  worn-out  sailors,  as 
soon   as  they,  my  said    charity  Trustees,  or  a  majority  of 


them,  shall  judge  the  proceeds  of  the  said  estate  will  sup- 
port fifty  of  the   said   sailors,  and  upwards.     And  I  do 
hereby  direct  that  the  income  of  the  said  real  and  personal 
estate,  given  as  aforesaid  to  my  said  charity  Trustees,  shall 
for  ever  hereafter  be  used  and  applied  for  supporting  the 
Asylum  or  Marine  Hospital  hereby  directed  to  be  built, 
and  for  maintaining  sailors  of  the  above  description  therein, 
in  such  manner  as  the  said  Trustees,  or  a  majority  of  them, 
may  from  time  to  time,  or  their  successors  in  office  may 
from  time  to  time,  direct.     And  it  is  my  intention  that  the 
institution  hereby  directed  and  created  should  be  perpetual, 
and  that  the  above-mentioned  officers  for  the  time  being 
and  their  successors,  should  for  ever  continue  and  be  the 
governors  thereof,  and  have  the  superintendence   of  the 
same  ;  and  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  if  it  cannot  legally 
be  done,  according  to  my  above  intention,  by  them,  without 
an  Act  of  the  Legislature,  it  is  my  will  and  desire  that  they 
will,  as  soon  as  possible,  apply  for  an  Act  of  the  Legislature 
to  incorporate  them  for  the  purposes  above  specified.     And 
I  do  further  declare  it  to  be  (my)  will  and  intention  that 
the  said  rest,  residue  and  remainder  of  my  real  and  personal 
estate  should  be,  at  all  events,  applied  for  the  uses  and 
purposes  above  set  forth  ;  and  that  it  is  my  desire  all  courts 
of  law  and  equity  will  so  construe  this,  my  said  Will,  as  to 
have  the  said  estate  appropriated  to  the  above  uses,  and 
that  the  same  should  in  no  case,  for  want  of  legal  form  or 
otherwise,  be  so  construed  as  that  my  relations,  or  any 
other  persons,  should  heir,  possess  or  enjoy  my  property, 
except  in  the  manner  and  for  the  uses  herein  above  speci- 
fied.    And,  lastly,  I  do  nominate  and  appoint  the  Chan- 
cellor of  the  State  of  New  York  for  the  time  being  at  the 
time  of  my  decease,  the  Mayor  of  the  city  of  New  York  for 
the  time  being,  the  Recorder  of  the  city  of  New  York  for 
the  time  being,  the  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
for  the  time  being,  the  President  and  Vice-President  of  the 
Marine  Society  of  the  city  of  New  York  for  the  time  being, 
the  senior  Minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  and  the  senior  Minister  of  the  Presbyterian 


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Church  in  the  said  city,  for  the  time  being,  and  their  suc- 
cessors in  office  after  them,  to  be  the  executors  of  this  my 
last  Will  and  Testament,  hereby  revoking  all  former  and 
other  Wills,  and  declaring  this  to  be  my  last  Will  and 
Testament. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
affixed  my  seal,  the  first  day  of  June,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one. 

ROBERT  RICHARD  RANDALL,     [l.  s.J 


Signed,  sealed,  published  and  declared  by  the  said  Tes- 
tator as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  us,  who  in  his  presence,  at  his  request,  and  in  the 
presence  of  each  other,  have  subscribed  our  names  as 
witnesses  thereto  [there  being  an  erasure  from  the  word 
President  to  the  end  of  the  eleventh  line  of  the  second 
page]. 

Uriah  Burdge, 
Henry  Brevoort, 
Jonas  Humbert. 


City  and  County  of  New  York,  ss.  : 

Be  it  remembered,  that  on  the  tenth  day  of  July,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one, 
personally  came  and  appeared  before  David  (xelston,  Sur- 
rogate of  said  County,  Uriah  Burdge,  Henry  Brevoort  and 
Jonas  Humbert,  all  of  the  said  city,  and  being  duly  sworn 
on  their  oaths,  declared  that  they  saw  Robert  Richard 
Randall,  deceased,  sign  and  seal  an  Instrument  in  writing, 
purporting  to  be  the  Will  of  the  said  Robert  Richard 
Randall,  bearing  date  the  first  day  of  June,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one  (the  pre- 


ceding  whereof  is  a  true  copy),  and  heard  him  publish  and 
declare  the  same  as  and  for  his  last  Will  and  Testament  ; 
that  at  the  time  thereof  he,  the  said  Robert  Richard  Ran- 
dall, was  of  sound  disposing  mind  and  memory,  to  the  best 
of  the  knowledge  and  belief  of  them,  the  deponents  ;  and 
that  their  names  subscribed  as  witnesses  to  the  said  Will, 
are  of  their  own  proper  hands  writing,  which  they  respec- 
tively subscribed,  as  witnesses  thereto,  in  the  Testator's 
presence. 

David  Gelston. 

The  preceding  is  a  true  copy  of  the  original  Will  of 
Robert  Richard  Randall,  deceased,  and  of  the  Certificate  of 
the  proof  thereof. 

Sylvanus  Millee,  Surrogate. 


AN  A.CT 

To  Incorporate  the  Trustees  of  the  Marine  Hospital,  called 
"The  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,"  in  the  City  of  New 
York. 

Passed  February  6?  1806. 

Whereas,  it  is  represented  to  the  Legislature  that 
Robert  Richard  Randall,  late  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
deceased,  in  and  by  his  last  Will  and  Testament,  duly  made 
and  executed,  bearing  date  the  first  day  of  June,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one,  did, 
after  bequeathing  certain  specific  legacies  therein  men- 
tioned, among  other  things,  give,  devise  and  bequeath  all 
the  residue  of  his  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  unto  the 
Chancellor  of  this  State,  the  Mayor  and  Recorder  of  the  city 
of  New  York,  the  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  the  President  and  Vice-President 
of  the  Marine  Society  of  the  City  of  New  York,  the  senior 
Minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  said  city,  and  the 
senior  Minister  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  said  city, 
for  the  time  being,  and  to  their  successors  in  office,  respect- 
ively, intrust,  to  receive  the  rents,  issues  and  profits  thereof, 
and  to  apply  the  same  to  the  erecting  or  building,  on  some 
eligible  part  of  the  land  whereon  the  Testator  then  resided, 
an  Asylum  or  Marine  Hospital,  to  be  called  The  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor,  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  and  support- 
ing aged,  decrepit  and  worn-out  sailors,  as  soon  as  the  said 
Trustees,  or  a  majority  of  them,  should  judge  the  proceeds 
of  the  said  estate  would  support  fifty  of  such  sailors, 
and  upwards ;  and  that  the  said  Testator,  in  his  said 
Will,  declared  his  intention  to  be  that  the  said  estate 
should    at    all  events  be  applied  to  the  purposes  afore- 


said,  and  no  other ;  and  if  his  said  intent  could  not 
be  carried  into  effect  without  an  act  of  incorporation,  he 
therein  expressed  his  desire  that  his  said  Trustees  would 
apply  to  the  Legislature  for  such  incorporation.  And 
whereas  the  said  Trustees  have  represented  that  the  said 
estate  is  of  considerable  value,  and,  if  prudently  managed, 
will  in  time  enable  them  to  erect  such  Hospital,  and  carry 
into  effect  the  intent  of  the  Testator  ;  but  that  as  such 
Trustees,  and  being  also  appointed  executors  of  the  said 
Will  in  virtue  of  their  offices,  and  only  during  their  con- 
tinuance in  the  said  offices,  they  have  found  that  consider- 
able inconveniences  have  arisen  in  the  management  of  the 
said  estate,  from  the  changes  which  have  taken  place  in  the 
ordinary  course  of  the  elections  and  appointments  to  those 
offices,  and  have  prayed  to  be  incorporated  for  the  purposes 
expressed  in  the  said  Will,  and  such  prayer  appears  to  be 
reasonable  ;  Therefore, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  John  Lansing, 
junior,  the  Chancellor  of  this  State ;  De  Witt  Clinton,  the 
Mayor  ;  and  Maturin  Livingston,  the  Recorder  of  the  city 
of  New  York  ;  John  Murray,  the  President  of  the  Chamber 
of  Commerce  in  the  city  of  New  York  ;  James  Farquhar, 
the  President,  and  Thomas  Farmar,  the  first  Vice-President 
of  the  Marine  Society  of  the  city  of  New  York ;  Benjamin 
Moore,  senior  Minister  of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  the  said 
city  ;  and  John  Rodgers,  senior  Minister  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  said  city,  and  their  successors  in  office 
respectively,  and  in  virtue  of  their  said  offices,  shall  be  and 
hereby  are  constituted  and  declared  to  be  a  body  corporate, 
in  fact  and  in  name,  by  the  name  and  style  of  The  Trustees 
of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and 
by  that  name  they  and  their  successors  shall  have  continual 
succession,  and  shall  be  capable  in  law  of  suing  and  being 
sued,  pleading  and  being  impleaded,  answering  and  being 
answered  unto,  defending  and  being  defended,  in  all  courts 
and  places  whatsoever,  and  in  all  manner  of  actions,  suits, 


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complaints,  matters  and  causes  whatsoever,  and  that  they 
and  their  successors  may  have  a  common  seal,  and  may 
change  and  alter  the  same  at  their  pleasure,  and  also  that 
they  and  their  successors,  by  the  name  and  style  aforesaid, 
shall  be  capable,  in  law,  of  holding  and  disposing  of  the 
said  real  and  personal  estate,  devised  and  bequeathed  as 
aforesaid,  according  to  the  intention  of  the  said  Will,  and 
the  same  is  hereby  declared  to  be  vested  in  them  and  their 
successors  in  office  for  the  purposes  therein  expressed  ;  and 
shall  also  be  capable  of  purchasing,  holding  and  conveying 
any  other  real  and  personal  estate,  for  the  use  and  benefit 
of  the  said  Corporation,  in  such  manner  as  to  them,  or  a 
majority  of  them,  shall  appear  to  be  most  conducive  to  the 
interest  of  the  said  institution. 

And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  Trustees  shall 
have  power,  from  time  to  time,  to  make  all  proper  and 
necessary  rules  and  regulations  for  the  government  of  the 
said  Corporation,  not  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution 
and  laws  of  the  United  States  and  of  this  State,  and  to 
elect  one  of  their  number  to  be  their  President,  and  to 
appoint  a  Clerk  and  Treasurer,  and  such  other  officers  as 
they  may  think  proper,  for  the  management  of  the  business 
and  concerns  of  the  said  Corporation,  and  to  take  and 
demand,  if  they  shall  deem  it  expedient,  from  every  such 
Treasurer  and  other  officers,  such  security  for  the  faithful 
execution  of  their  duty  and  the  performance  of  the  trust 
reposed  in  them  respectively,  as  to  the  said  Trustees  shall 
seem  proper  ;  and  every  bond  or  other  security  so  taken  by 
them  shall  be  valid  in  law,  and  entitle  the  said  Trustees  to 
sue  and  recover  thereon,  according  to  the  legal  operation 
or  effect  thereof  ;  and  the  said  officers  shall  respectively 
hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure  of  the  said  Trustees, 
and  that  any  five  or  more  of  the  said  Trustees  shall  consti- 
tute a  quorum  to  transact  any  of  the  business  and  concerns 
of  the  said  Corporation. 

And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  this  Act  shal]  be  deemed 


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and  taken  to  be  a  public  Act,  and  be  construed  in  all 
courts  and  places  benignly  and  favorably  for  the  purposes 
therein  intended. 

State  of  New  York,  Secretary's  Office. 
I  certify  the  preceding  to  be  a  true  copy  of  a  certain 
original  Act  of  our  Legislature,  now  on  file  in  this  office 
(first  sheet,  first  page,  the  words  "to  receive"  wrote  on  an 
erasure  at  the  12th  line,  and  the  word  "and"  obliterated 
at  the  fifteenth  line). 

Elisha  Jenkins,  Sec'ry. 
Albany,  2d  April,  1 806. 


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AN  ACT 

To  amend  the  Act  entitled,  "An  Act  to  incorporate  the 
Trustees  of  the  Marine  Hospital,  called  The  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New  York." 

Passed  March  25,  1814. 

Whereas,  the  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  have 
represented  that  doubts  exist  as  to  who,  in  the  contempla- 
tion of  the  Act  of  Incorporation,  are  to  be  considered  the 
senior  Ministers  of  the  Episcopal  and  Presbyterian  churches 
in  the  city  of  New  York  :  Therefore, 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
represented  in  Senate  and  Assembly,  That  the  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  in  the  said  city,  or,  in  case  of  his  sickness 
or  absence,  the  assistant  Rector  of  the  said  church,  perform- 
ing the  functions  of  Rector,  and  the  Minister  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church  in  Wall  street,  in  the  said  city,  and  in 
case  there  is  more  than  one  Minister  in  the  said  church, 
then  the  Minister  first  established  in  the  said  church,  shall 
be  the  Trustees  of  the  said  Corporation. 

And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  said  Corporation  to  make  an  annual  Report  to  the 
Legislature,  and  to  the  Common  Council  of  the  city,  of  the 
state  of  their  funds. 

State  of  New  York,  Secretary's  Office. 
I  certify  the  preceding  to  be  a  true  copy  of  an  original 
Act  of  the  Legislature  of  this  State,  on  file  in  this  Office. 

Arch'd  Campbell,  Dep.  Sec'ry. 

March  26^/t,   1814. 


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The  property  left  by  Captain  Eandall  for  the  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor,  consisted  of  land  lying  in  the  Fifteenth 
Ward  of  the  city  of  New  York,  containing  twenty-one 
acres,  one  rood,  thirty-four  perches,  and  one  hundred  and 
thirty-two  feet ;  also  four  lots  in  the  First  Ward  of  the 
city,  together  with  seven  hundred  and  twenty-three  dollars 
in  three  per  cent,  stocks  ;  six  thousand  four  hundred  and 
thirty  dollars  in  six  per  cent,  stocks,  and  fifty  shares  of 
Manhattan  stock. 

It  was  the  intention  of  the  donor  to  have  the  Hospital 
built  upon  a  part  of  the  ground  situated  in  the  Fifteenth 
Ward.  But  in  consequence  of  the  rapid  growth  of  the  city, 
and  of  the  great  rise  in  the  value  of  property  within  its 
limits,  and  also  considering  the  habits  and  character  of  sea- 
men, the  Trustees  became  fully  convinced  that  the  benevo- 
lent design  of  the  testator  would  be  more  extensively  carried 
into  effect  by  reserving  the  whole  of  the  ground  in  their 
possession  as  a  source  of  revenue  for  the  support  of  the 
Institution  ;  and  that  the  taste  of  the  subjects  of  the  charity 
would  be  more  gratified,  and  their  comfort  greatly  pro- 
moted, by  purchasing  a  site  for  the  Hospital  on  the  margin 
of  the  East  or  North  River,  or  in  the  vicinity  thereof. 
They  accordingly,  in  June,  1825,  addressed  a  Memorial  to 
the  Legislature,  requesting  permission  to  improve  and  lease 
out  their  ground  in  the  city,  and  to  locate  the  Institution 
elsewhere.  In  April,  1828,  the  Legislature  granted  their 
request,  and  passed  an  Act,  of  which  the  following  is   a 


Copy  of  an  Act  further  to  amend  an  Act  entitled  "  An 
Act  to  Incorporate  the  Trustees  of  the  Marine  Hos- 
pital, called  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  in  the  city  of 
New   York"  passed  March  25th,  1814. 

Passed  April  19th,  1828. 

The  People  of  the  State  of  New  York,  represented  in 
Senate  and  Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows  : — 

The  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  in  the  city  of 
New  York  are  hereby  authorized  to  adopt  all  such  mea- 


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sures  as  may  be  necessary  to  regulate  the  tract  of  land 
devised  to  them  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Robert 
Richard  Randall,  so  as  to  make  it  conform  to  the  perma- 
nent plan  of  the  city,  and  for  that  purpose  the  said  Trus- 
tees may  dig  down  their  ground  where  it  is  too  high,  and 
remove  it  to  other  parts  of  the  said  premises  which  are  too 
low  ;  and,  further,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  Trus- 
tees to  sell  and  dispose  of  their  surplus  earth.  The  said 
Trustees  shall  be,  and  hereby  are,  authorized  to  purchase 
a  suitable  and  convenient  tract  of  ground,  lying  upon  the 
island  of  New  York,  or  adjacent  thereto,  and  fronting  upon 
the  North  or  East  River,  or  in  the  vicinity  thereof,  upon 
which  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Trustees  to  build  and  erect 
a  Marine  Hospital,  to  be  called  and  known  for  ever  as  The 
Sailors'  Snug  Harbor. 

In  the  main  or  centre  building  shall  be  placed  a  suitable 
statue  of  Robert  Richard  Randall,  with  an  inscription 
designating  him  as  the  munificent  donor  thereof.  But  that 
such  ground  shall  not  be  purchased  by  the  said  Trustees 
for  the  purpose  aforesaid  until  the  approbation  of  the  Court 
of  Chancery  be  first  had  and  obtained. 

So  soon  as  a  suitable  site  for  such  Marine  Hospital  shall 
be  purchased  with  the  approbation  of  the  Court  of  Chan- 
cery, it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  Trustees  to  lease  all  the 
lots  now  belonging  to  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  on  such 
terms  and  conditions,  and  under  such  covenants,  as  they 
may  deem  most  beneficial  for  the  interests  thereof. 

The  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  or  the  Trustees  in  behalf 
thereof,  may  take,  hold  and  enjoy  in  fee  simple  for  ever, 
any  lands,  tenements  or  other  property  which  may  be 
devised  to  them,  notwithstanding  they  be  a  body  cor- 
porate. 

State  of  New  York,  Secretary's  Office. 

I  certify  the  preceding  to  be  a  true  copy  of  an  original 
law  on  file  in  this  office. 

Signed,  Arcii'd  Campbell, 

Deputy  Secretary. 

Albany,   2 1  st  April,    1828. 


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In  pursuance  of  the  foregoing  Act,  the  Trustees  pro- 
ceeded to  regulate  their  ground  in  the  Fifteenth  Ward, 
making  it  conformable  to  the  plan  of  the  city,  and  to  lease 
the  same  for  the  term  of  twenty-one  years,  with  the  privi- 
lege of  renewal  as  specified  in  the  leases  given,  a  copy  of 
which  will  be  found  in  a  subsequent  page. 

They  also  visited  different  sites  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
city,  and  on  the  margin  of  the  waters  of  our  bay  and  rivers, 
which  were  offered  for  sale  at  the  time,  and  examined  the 
same  with  reference  to  the  proposed  hospital. 

In  May,  1831,  they  purchased  the  farm  on  Staten  Island, 
now  known  as  the  Sailor' s  Snug  Harbor,  containing  one- 
hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  excellant  land,  eligibly  situ- 
ated and  well  watered.  They  have  since  purchased  twenty 
additional  acres  of  land  adjoining,  and  having  been  origi- 
nally a  part  of  the  same  farm. 

On  the  eleventh  of  October,  1831,  the  corner-stone  of  the 
Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  was  laid. 

On  that  occasion,  and  in  the  presence  of  several  officers 
of  the  State  government,  and  of  a  large  number  of  respect- 
able citizens,  the  acting  president  of  the  Board,  Walter 
Bowne,  Esq.,  briefly  stated  the  object  of  the  meeting  ; 
Rev.  Dr.  Berrian  offered  the  introductory  prayer  ;  the  Hon. 
Reuben  H.  Walworth  delivered  an  appropriate  address 
and  laid  the  corner-stone  ;  the  Rev.  Dr.  Phillips  offered  the 
concluding  prayer. 

On  the  first  of  August,  1833,  the  institution  was  formally 
opened  with  the  following  exercises,  viz.  :  introductory 
prayer  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Van  Pelt ;  an  address  to  the  aged, 
decrepit  and  worn-out  seamen,  who  had  been  received  under 
the  care  of  the  Board,  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Phillips,  and  a  con- 
cluding prayer  by  the  Rev.  J.  E.  Miller. 

The  remains  of  Captain  Randall  were  removed,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Board,  and  deposited  beneath  a  marble 
monument  in  front  of  the  building,  on  the  21st  of  August, 


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1834.     The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  inscriptions  on  the 
same,  viz.  : 

North  Side. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  erected  this  Monument 

To  the  memory  of 

Robert  Richard  Randall, 

By  whose  Munificence  this  Institution  was  Founded. 

East  Side. 

The  Humane  Institution  of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor, 

Conceived  in  a  spirit  of  enlarged  Benevolence, 

With  an  Endowment  which  time  has  proved  fully  adequate  to  the  objects 

of  the  Donor  ; 

And  organized  in  a  manner  which  shows 

Wisdom  and  Foresight. 

The  Founder  of  this  noble  Charity 

Will  ever  be  held  in  grateful  Remembrance 

By  the  partakers  of  his  Bounty. 

South  Side. 

Charity  never  Faileth. 

Its  Memorial  is  Immortal. 

West  Side. 

The  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  caused  the  remains  of 

Robert  Richard  Randall 

To  be  removed  from  the  original  place  of  Interment 

And  deposited  beneath  this  Monument, 

On  the  21st  of  August,  1834. 

A  marble  bust  of  Mr.  Randall  has  also  been  procured 
and  placed  in  the  hall  of  the  centre  building. 

The  public  buildings  of  the  Snug  Harbor  on  Staten 
Island  consist  at  present  of  a  centre  or  main  building,  with 
two  wings,  a  dining-hall  building,  a  hospital  and  chapel. 
An  additional  building  for  the  accommodation  of  inmates, 
also  a  kitchen,  are  now  being  erected. 

The  income  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor — which  in  1806  amounted  to  four  thousand 
two  hundred  and  forty-three  dollars — amounts  now  to 
about  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  showing  an  increase 


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in  the  value  of  property,  and  furnishing  evidence  of  a  wise 
and  judicious  investment  of  funds,  and  of  faithful  manage- 
ment of  the  same,  and  above  all,  of  a  kind  and  careful 
Providence  over  this  institution,  almost  without  a  parallel 
in  the  history  of  public  charities  and  of  public  trusts. 

The  following  persons  have  been  acting  Trustees  of  the 
Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  since  the  incorporation  of  the  Board 
in  1806,  some  continuing  in  office  a  longer  and  others  a 
shorter  period  of  time  : 

1.  As  Chancellor— Reuben  H.  Walworth. 


By  the  new  Constitution  of  the  State  of  New- York — adopted  3d  November, 
1846 — the  office  of  Chancellor  was  abolished  from  and  after  the  1st  Monday  of 
July,  1847.  Since  that  time  the  Board  of  Trustees  has  been  deprived  of  the 
valuable  services  of  the  Hon.  Reuben  H.  Walworth;  and  the  Board  now  con- 
sists of  seven  members. 


2.  As  Mayors  of  the  City  of  New  York—De  Witt  Clinton, 
Marinus  Willet,  John  Ferguson,  Jacob  Radcliff,  Cadwal- 
lader  D.  Colden,  Stephen  Allen,  Wm.  Paulding,  Philip 
Hone,  Walter  Bowne,  Gideon  Lee,  Cornelius  W.  Lawrence, 
Aaron  Clark,  Isaac  L.  Varian,  Robert  H.  Morris,  Wm.  F. 
Havemeyer,  James  Harper,  Andrew  H.  Mickle,  Wm.  V. 
Brady,  Wm.  F.  Havemeyer,  Caleb  S.  Woodhull,  Ambrose 
C.  Kingsland,  Jacob  A.  Westervelt,  Fernando  Wood, 
Daniel  F.  Tiemann,  George  Opdyke,  Godfrey  Gunther, 
John  T.  Hoffman,  Thomas  Coman,  A.  Oakey  Hall,  William 
F.  Havemeyer,  William  H.  Wickham. 

3.  As  Recorders  of  the  City  of  New  York — Pierre  C.  Van 
Wyck,  Josiah  Ogden  Hoffman,  Richard  Riker,  Peter 
Augustus  Jay,  Robert  H.  Morris,  Frederick  A.  Tallmadge, 
John  B.  Scott,  Frederick  A.  Tallmadge,  Francis  R.  Tillou, 
James  M.  Smith,  Jr.,  George  G.  Barnard,  John  T.  Hoffman, 
John  K.  Hackett. 

4.  As  Presidents  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce — Cornelius 
Ray,  Wm.  Bayard,  Robert  Lenox,  Isaac  Carow,  James  De 
Peyster  Ogden,  James  G.  King,  Moses  H.  Grinnell,  James 


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G.  King,  Moses  H.  Grinneil,   Elias  Hicks,   Pelatiah  Perit, 
A.  A.  Low,  William  E.  Dodge,  Samuel  D.  Babcock. 

5.  As  Presidents  of  the  Marine  Society — James  Farquhar, 
John  Whetten,  Charles  A.  Marshall,  John  M.  Ferrier,  Wil- 
liam C.  Thompson. 

6.  As  Vice-Presidents  of  the  Marine  Society — Thos. 
Farmar,  Wm.  Whitlock,  James  Lovitt,  Thomas  H.  Merry, 
William  Thomson,  Jeremiah  Dickenson,  John  M.  Ferrier, 
Thomas  Dunham,  Ambrose  Snow. 

7.  As  Senior  Ministers  and  Rectors  of  Trinity  Church — 
Benjamin  Moore,  D.D.,  John  Hervey  Hobart,  D.D.,  Wm. 
Berrian,  D.D.,  Morgan  Dix,  D.D. 

8.  As  Ministers  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in 
Wall  Street— John  Rodgers,  D.D.,  Philip  Melancthon 
Whelpley,  Wm.  W.  Phillips,  D.D.,  Wm.  M.  Paxton, 
D.D. 

The  officers  of  the  Board,  as  at  present  organized,  are  : 
Ambrose  Snow,  President ;  Thomas  Greenleaf,  Secretary; 
Thomas  Greenleaf,  Controller. 

Executive  Committee — Ambrose  Snow,  Chairman  ;  Rev. 
Wm.  M.  Paxton,  Samuel  D.  Babcock. 

Officers  of  the  Institution — Thomas  Melville,  Governor  ; 
Joseph  K.  Clark,  Steward;  Rev.  Charles  J.  Jones,  Resi- 
dent Chaplain  ;  Dr.  S.  V.  R.  Bogert,  Resident  Physician ; 
Samuel  Cobb,  Agent. 

The  apparent  delay  to  carry  into  effect  the  design  of  the 
donor  of  this  charity,  was  occasioned  in  the  first  instance 
by  the  very  limited  income  of  the  estate,  and  subsequently 
by  the  great  expense  necessarily  incurred  in  defending  suits 
brought  against  the  Trustees  by  different  claimants  for  the 
property;  by  the  consequent  unsettled  state  of  the  trust, 
and  the  difficulty  of  leasing  the  ground  while  those  attempts 
to  set  aside  the  Wil  1  were  making ;  and  by  the  heavy  assess- 
ments and  the  payment  of  certain  quit-rents  which  became 
necessary  in  regulating  the  lots  and  opening  streets  through 
the  same. 

It  was  not  until  March,  1830,  that  the  last  suit  brought 


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against  the  Trustees,  by  persons  claiming  to  be  heirs  of  Mr. 
Randall,  was  finally  and  forever  settled  by  the.  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States.  Since  then,  as  the  history  of 
their  proceedings  will  show,  the  Trustees  have  been  dili- 
gently engaged  in  improving  the  property  left  in  their 
charge,  and  in  promoting  the  benevolent  designs  of  the 
Testator.  They  have  now  under  their  care,  and  in  suc- 
cessful operation,  an  institution  containing  about  five 
hundred  inmates,  who  are  comfortably  yet  economically 
fed  and  clothed,  and  have  all  their  necessary  wants  sup- 
plied. Their  religious  instruction  is  attended  to,  conceding 
to  all,  however,  liberty  of  conscience. 

Public  worship  is  regularly  conducted  on  the  Sabbath  in 
the  chapel  building.  There  is  also  in  the  institution,  and 
for  the  use  of  the  inmates,  a  carefully  selected  Library  and 
Reading-room,  where  several  of  the  daily  and  weekly  news- 
papers of  the  City  of  New  York  are  received. 


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The  form  of  lease  on  renewal  of  the  old  leases  given  in 
1827. 

Sifts  iFnbentur*,  Made  this  day  of 

in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
Between  "The  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Snug 
Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New  York,  "  of  the  first  part,  and 

of  the  second  part :  Whereas  the  said  parties  of 
the  first  part,  by  Indenture  dated  the  day  of 

in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  did 

grant  and  demise  unto  all  that  certain  lot  of  land 

hereinafter  described  for  the  term  of  years  from  the 

day  of  then  next,  subject  to  certain  rents, 

covenants  and  conditions  therein  reserved  and  expressed. 
And  among  other  things  it  was  thereby  agreed  that  in  case 
of  the  erection  on  the  said  lot  of  land  of  a  building  of  such 
description  as  is  therein  specified,  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part  should,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  term,  either 
pay  for  the  said  building  according  to  the  appraised  value 
thereof,  or  grant  a  new  lease  of  the  said  lot  for  the  further 
term  of  twenty-one  years,  at  a  reasonable  rent,  to  be  ascer- 
tained as  is  therein  mentioned.  And  whereas  a  building 
has  been  erected  on  the  said  lot  of  land  of  the  description 
mentioned  in  the  said  lease ;  and  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part  having  elected  to  renew  the  same  for  such  further 
term,  and  the  said  part  hereto  of  the  second  part  being 
now  possessed  of  the  said  first  mentioned  lease,  it  has  been 
mutually  agreed  by  and  between  the  parties  hereto,  that 
the  rent  to  be  paid  on  the  said  lot  of  land  for  and  during 
such  new  term,  shall  be  that  hereinafter  reserved. 

Jlon)  tl)ts  iFnknture  tUitnessetl),  that  "The  Trustees 
of  the  Sailors'  Snug-  Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New 
York,  "  the  said  parties  hereto  of  the  first  part,  in  consider- 
ation of  the  rents  and  covenants  hereinafter  reserved  and 
contained,  have  granted,  demised,  and  to  farm  let,  and  by 
these  presents,  Do  grant,  demise,  and  to  farm  let,  unto  the 


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said  part        of  the  second  part,  ALL  certain  Lot 

of  Land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ward  of 

the  city  of  New  York ;  being  part  of  the  lands  of  the  said 
parties  of  the  first  part,  and  distinguished  in 

So  \)am  a\\b  to  1)0  lb  the  said  Lot  of  Land,  unto  the  said 
part  of  of  the  second  part,  executors,   ad- 

ministrators,  and  assigns,  from  the  day  of 

for  and  during,  and  until  the  full  end  and  term  of 
years  thence  next  ensuing,  and  fully  to  be  complete  and 
ended  ;  yielding  and  paying  for  the  same,  yearly  and  every 
year  during  the  said  term,  unto  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  the  sum  of  dol- 

lars, of  lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  in  two  equal 
half-yearly  payments ;  that  is  to  say,  on  the  first  day  of 
May  and  on  the  first  day  of  November,  in  each  and  every 
year,  during  the  term  hereby  granted  ;  the  first  payment  to 
be  made  on  the  first  day  of  now  next  ensuing. 

Subject  nevertheless  to  all  such  taxes,  assessments  and 
incumbrances  (if  any)  as  may  have  been  assessed,  imposed 
or  charged  on  the  said  demised  premises,  or  any  part 
thereof,  since  the  date  of  the  said  first  recited  Indenture. 
Provided  always,  that  if  it  shall  happen  that  the  said 
yearly  rent,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  not  be  paid  on  any 
day  on  which  the  same  ought  to  be  paid,  as  aforesaid,  then, 
and  at  all  times  thereafter,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to 
and  for  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or 
assigns,  into  the  said  demised  premises,  or  any  part  thereof, 
in  the  name  of  the  whole,  to  re-enter,  and  to  re-possess, 
have  and  enjoy  the  same  again,  as  of  their  first  and  former 
estate  and  interest  therein ;  anything  herein  contained  to 
the  contrary  in  anywise  noth withstanding.  And  the  said 
part        of  the  second  part,  for  executors,  admin- 

istrators and  assigns,  do        hereby  covenant  and 

agree,  to  and  with  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  and  assigns,  that  the  said  part  of  the  second 
part.  executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  shall 

and  will,  half  yearly,  and  every  year  during  the  term  hereby 


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granted,  well  and  truly  pay  unto  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  the  said  rent  hereby  re- 
served, at  the  days  and  times  hereinbefore  limited  for  the 
payment  thereof,  without  fraud  or  delay.  And  also,  that 
the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  or  assigns,  shall  and  will,  at  own 

proper  costs  and  charges,  bear,  pay  and  discharge  all  such 
duties,  taxes,  assessments  and  payments,  extraordinary  as 
well  as  ordinary,  as  shall,  during  the  term  hereby  granted, 
be  imposed,  or  grow  due  and  payable,  out  of,  or  for,  the 
said  demised  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  by  virtue  of 
any  present  or  future  law  of  the  United  States  of  America, 
or  of  the  State  of  New  York,  or  of  the  Corporation  of  the 
City  of  New  York  :  And  also,  that  the  said  part  of 

the  second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  as- 

signs, or  any  of  them,  shall  not,  nor  will,  at  any  time  or 
times  hereafter  during  the  term  hereby  granted,  lease,  let  or 
demise  all  or  any  part  of  the  said  premises,  nor  assign, 
transfer  or  make  over  the  same,  or  this  present  lease,  or 
any  of  term  or  time  therein,  to  any  person  or  per- 

sons whomsoever,  without  the  consent  of  the  said  parties 
of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  in  writing  un- 
der their  seal  for  that  purpose  first  had  and  obtained,  any- 
thing hereinbefore  contained  to  the  contrary  thereof  in 
anywise  notwithstanding.  And  also,  that  the  said  part 
of  the  second  part,  executors,  administrators  or 

assigns,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not,  nor  will,  at  any  time 
hereafter,  during  the  term  hereby  granted,  erect,  make, 
establish  or  carry  on,  nor  cause  or  suffer  to  be  erected, 
made,  established  or  carried  on,  in  any  manner,  or  any 
part  of  the  above-described  and  hereby  demised  premises, 
any  stable,  slaughter  house,  tallow  chandlery,  smith  shop, 
forge,  furnace,  or  brass  foundry,  nail  or  other  iron  factory, 
or  any  manufactory  for  the  making  of  glass,  starch,  glue, 
varnish,  vitriol,  turpentine,  or  ink  ;  or  for  tanning,  dress- 
ing, preparing  or  keeping  skins,  hides  or  leather  ;  or  any 
distillery,  brewery,  sugar  bakery,  or  any  other  manufac- 
tory, trade,  business  or  calling  whatsoever,  which  may  be 


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in  anywise  noxious  or  offensive  to  the  neighboring  inhab- 
itants. And,  lastly,  that  the  said  part  of  the  second 
part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns  shall 

and  will,  on  the  last  day  of  the  term  hereby  granted,  or 
other  sooner  determination  thereof,  well  and  truly  surren- 
der and  deliver  up  the  said  hereby  demised  premises  into 
the  possession  of  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  suc- 
cessors  or  assigns,  without   fraud   or  delay.      Provided 
always,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part,  their  successors  and  assigns,  when  and  as  often 
as  default  shall  be  made  in  the  payment  of  the  said  rent,  or 
any  part  thereof,  to  take  such  summary  proceedings  for  the 
recovery  of  the  said  rent  as  may  be  permitted  by  law,  any- 
thing herein  contained  notwithstanding.     And  provided 
further,  and  tills  present  lease  is  upon  tMs  express  condi- 
tion, That  if  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  execu- 
tors, administrators  or  assigns,  shall,  at  any  time  during 
the  term  hereby  granted,  erect,  make,  establish  or  carry  on 
or  cause  or  suffer  to  be  erected,  made,  established  or  carried 
on,  in  any  manner,  on  any  part  of  the  above  described  and 
hereby  demised  premises,  any  stable,  slaughter  house,  tal- 
low chandlery,  smith  shop,  forge,  furnace,  or  brass  foundry, 
nail  or  other  iron  factory,  or  any  manufactory  for  the  mak- 
ing of  glass,  starch,  glue,  varnish,  vitriol,  turpentine  or  ink; 
or  for  tanning,  dressing,  preparing,  or  keeping  skins,  hides, 
or  leather  ;  or  any  distillery,  brewery,  sugar  bakery,  or  any 
other  manufactory,  trade,  business  or  calling  whatsoever, 
Avhich  may  be  in  anywise  noxious  or  offensive  to  the  neigh- 
boring inhabitants,  or  shall  fail  in  the  performance  of  any 
or  either  of  the  covenants,  conditions  or  provisoes  in  these 
presents  contained,  which  on  the  part  and  behalf  of  the 
said  part        of  the  second  part,                        executors,  ad- 
ministrators and  assigns,  are,  or  ought  to  be,  observed,  per- 
formed, fulfilled  and  kept,  then  and  from  thenceforth,  this 
present  Indenture  and  the  Estate  hereby  granted,  and  every 
clause,    article  and    thing  herein   contained   on   the  part 
and  behalf  of  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  to  be  per- 
formed, fulfilled  and  kept,  shall   cease,  determine  and  be 


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utterly  void,  to  all  intents  and  purposes  whatsoever,  any- 
thing herein  contained  to  the  contrary  thereof  in  anywise 
notwithstanding. 

Axd  it  is  hereby  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that 
at  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  granted,  if  the  said 
parties  hereto  shall  agree  upon  a  renewal  of  this  lease  for  a 
further  term  of  twenty-one  years,  and  shall,  by  mutual  con- 
sent, fix  upon  the  annual  ground  rent  to  be  reserved  in 
such  renewed  lease,  and  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the 
rent  herein  reserved,  then  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  and  will  execute  to  the 
said  part  of  the  said  part,  executors,  ad- 

ministrators or  assigns,  at  expense,  a  new  lease  of 

the  aforesaid  premises  for  the  term  of  twenty-one  years, 
from  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  demised, 
at  the  annual  ground  rent,  payable  half-yearly,  agreed 
upon  between  the  said  parties  as  aforesaid.  But  if  at  the 
expiration  of  the  term  hereby  granted,  the  said  parties  shall 
not  agree  upon  a  renewal  of  this  lease,  or  upon  the  amount 
of  the  rent  to  be  reserved  for  such  renewed  term,  then  each 
party  shall  choose  a  disinterested  person,  who  shall  be  the 
owner  in  fee  simple  of  one  or  more  lots  of  land  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  premises  hereby  demised,  and  the  said 
persons  so  chosen  shall,  under  oath,  appraise  the  land 
hereby  demised,  considering  it  as  a  vacant  lot,  at  its  full 
and  fair  worth  at  private  sale  ;  and  they  shall  also,  under 
oath,  appraise  the  house  now  erected  on  the  said  lot,  or  any 
other  house  of  like  description  as  its  substitute,  which  shall 
cover  the  whole  front  of  such  lot — be  constructed  of  brick 
or  stone,  or  more  stories  high — and  covered  with 

slate  or  metal,  with  its  front  finished  in  such  style  as  may 
be  approved  of  by  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  at  its  then  actual  worth,  without  ref- 
erence to  the  ground  on  which  it  stands  ;  and  in  case  the 
said  appraisers  shall  differ  in  their  valuation  or  appraise- 
ment, either  of  the  lot  or  building,  they  shall  then  choose 
an  umpire,  qualified  as  aforesaid,  whose  decision,  under 
oath,  shall  be  final  and  conclusive. 


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And  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or 
assigns,  shall  have  the  full  liberty  and  choice,  either  to  pay 
to  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  or  assigns,  the  value  of  the  said  building  so 
determined  as  aforesaid,  or  to  grant  a  renewal  of  this  lease 
unto  the  said  part  of  the  second  part,  execu- 

tors, administrators  or  assigns,  at  their  expense,  for 

the  term  of  twenty-one  years  from  and  after  the  expiration 
cf  the  term  hereby  granted,  at  an  annual  ground  rent  of 
five  per  cent,  on  the  valuation  of  the  said  lot  so  determined 
as  aforesaid,  but  not  less  than  the  rent  hereby  reserved. 

And  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that 
at  the  expiration  of  the  term  to  be  granted  by  the  first  re- 
newal of  this  lease,  and  at  the  expiration  of  each  and  every 
term  which  may  be  thereafter  granted  by  each  and  every 
subsequent  renewal  of  this  lease,  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  still  have  and  retain 
the  full  liberty  and  choice,  either  to  grant  a  further  renewal, 
for  the  further  term  of  twenty-one  years,  at  such  annual 
rent,  payable  half-yearly  (but  not  less  than  the  rent  of  the 
last  preceding  term),  as  shall  be  ascertained  and  determined 
in  the  manner  aforesaid,  or  to  pay  unto  the  said  part  of 
the  second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

the  value  of  the  said 


to  be  ascertained  as  aforesaid.  And  it  is  further  mutually 
covenanted  and  agreed,  by  and  between  the  parties  afore- 
said, that  whenever  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  shall  refuse  to  grant  a  renewal  of  this 
lease  as  aforesaid,  the  said  shall  be  valued  and 

paid  for  as  aforesaid  :  Pkovided  always,  that  the  part 
of  the  second  part,  executors,  administrators  or 

assigns,  shall  not  be  compelled  to  surrender  the  premises 
until  such  payment  be  made  or  tendered.  And  it  is  fur- 
ther mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  by  and  between  the 
parties  aforesaid,  that  in  case  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall,  at  the  expiration  of 


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the  term  to  be  granted  by  this  lease,  or  at  the  expiration  of 
any  term  which  may  be  granted  thereafter,  by  any  subse- 
quent renewal  thereof,  elect  and  choose  to  pay  unto  the 
said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors,  admin- 

istrators or  assigns,  the  value  of  the  said  to  be 

ascertained  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  actually  make  such  pay- 
ment, or  tender  the  same,  the  said  part  of  the  second 
part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  shall 
then  deliver  up  the  said  in  the  same  order  and 
condition  in  which  it  was  at  the  time  of  its  valuation,  as 
aforesaid,  and  also  all  and  singular  other  the  premises 
hereby  demised,  to  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  without  fraud  or  delay.  And  lastly, 
it  is  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  by  and  between  the 
parties  aforesaid,  that  each  renewed  lease  shall  contain  the 
like  covenants,  provisoes  and  conditions  as  herein  con- 
tained. 

In  Witness  whereof,  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part  have 
caused  their  seal  to  be  affixed  hereto  ;  and  the  said  part 
of  the  second  part  ha        set  hand  and  seal  inter- 

changeably, the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 


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The  form  of  lease  on  renewal  of  the  leases  given  in  and 
after  1830,  according  to  the  form  adopted  by  the  Trus- 
tees at  that  time. 

Sl)is  Indenture,  Made  this  day  of  ,  in 

the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

Between  u  The  Trustees  of  The  Sailors'  Snug 
Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New  York,"  of  the  first  part,  and 
of  the  second  part :  Whereas,  the  said  parties 
of  the  first  part,  by  Indenture  dated  the  day  of 

in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  did 

grant  and  demise  unto  all  that  certain  lot  of 

land  hereinafter  described  for  the  term  of  years  from 

the  day  of  then  next,  subject  to  certain  rents, 

covenants  and  conditions  therein  reserved  and  expressed. 
And  among  other  things  it  was  thereby  agreed  that  in  case 
of  the  erection  on  the  said  lot  of  land  of  a  building  of  such 
description  as  is  therein  specified,  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part  should,  at  the  expiration  of  the  said  term,  grant  a 
new  lease  of  the  said  lot  for  the  further  term  of  twenty-one 
years,  at  an  annual  rent  to  be  agreed  upon  or  ascertained 
as  is  therein  mentioned ;  and  with  such  covenants,  condi- 
tions and  provisoes  to  be  therein  inserted  as  are  hereinafter 
contained.  And  whereas,  a  building  has  been  erected  on 
the  said  lot  of  land  of  the  description  mentioned  in  the  said 
lease,  according  to  the  terms  thereof,  whereby  the  said 
part         of  the  second  part,  entitled  to  a  renewal 

of  the  said  lease  for  such  further  term,  at  an  annual  rent 
hereinafter  reserved,   and  now  in  the  manner  pre- 

scribed by  the  said  lease,  payable  half-yearly, 'and  subject 
to  the  covenants,  conditions  and  provisoes  hereinafter  con- 
tained. 

Novo  tl)ts  3nbcnture  lUitncssctl),  that  "The  Trustees 
of  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New 
York,"  the  said  parties  hereto  of  the  first  part,  in  consider- 


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ation  of  the  rents  and  covenants  hereinafter  reserved  and 
contained,  have  granted,  demised  and  to  farm  let,  and,  by 
these  presents,  Do  grant,  demise,  and  to  farm  let,. unto  the 
said  part        of  the  second  part,   ALL  certain  lot  of 

land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ward  of  the 

city  of  New  York ;  being  part  of  the  land  of  the  said  par- 
ties of  the  first  part,  and  distinguished  in 

®o  \)avt  ctnb  to  Ijolb  the  said  Lot  of  Land,  unto  the 
said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors,   admin- 

istrators and  assigns,  from  the  day  of  for  and 

during,  and  until  the  full  end  and  term  of  years 

thence  next  ensuing,  and  fully  to  be  complete  and  ended  ; 
yielding  and  paying  for  the  same,  yearly  and  every  year 
during  the  said  term,  unto  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  the  sum  of  dollars,  of 

lawful  money  of  the  United  States,  in  two  equal  half-yearly 
payments  ;  that  is  to  say,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  and  on 
the  first  day  of  November,  in  each  and  every  year  during 
the  term  hereby  granted,  the  first  payment  to  be  made  on 
the  first  day  of  now  next  ensuing.     Subject  never- 

theless to  all  such  taxes,  assessments  and  incumbrances 
(if  any)  as  may  have  been  assessed,  imposed  or  charged 
on  the  said  demised  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  since 
the  date  of  the  said  first  recited  Indenture.  Provided 
always,  that  if  it  shall  happen  that  the  said  yearly  rent, 
or  any  part  thereof,  shall  not  be  paid  on  any  date  on  which 
the  same  ought  to  be  paid,  as  aforesaid,  then,  and  at  all 
times  thereafter,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the 
said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  into 
the  said  demised  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  the  name 
of  the  whole,  to  re-enter  and  to  re-possess,  have  and  enjoy 
the  same  again,  as  of  their  first  and  former  estate  and  in- 
terest therein,  anything  herein  contained  to  the  contrary 
in  anywise  notwithstanding.  And  the  said  part  of  the 
second  part,  for  executors,   administrators  and  as- 

signs, do  hereby  covenant  and  agree,  to  and  with  the 

said  parties  of  the  first  part,   their  successors  and  assigns, 


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that  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  and  assigns,  shall  and  will,  half-yearly,  and 
every  year  during  the  term  hereby  granted,  well  and  truly 
pay  unto  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  the  said  rent  hereby  reserved,  at  the  days  and 
times  hereinbefore  limited  for  the  payment  thereof,  without 
fraud  or  delay.  And  also,  that  the  said  part  of  the 
second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

shall  and  will,   at  own  proper  costs  and  charges, 

bear,  pay,  and  discharge  all  such  duties,  taxes,  assessments 
and  payments,  extraordinary  as  well  as  ordinary,  as  shall, 
during  the  term  hereby  granted,  be  imposed,  or  grow  due 
and  payable,  out  of,  or  for,  the  said  demised  premises, 
or  any  part  thereof,  by  virtue  or  any  present  or  future  law 
of  the  United  States  of  America,  or  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  or  of  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  New  York.  And 
also,  that  the  said  part  of  the  second  part, 

executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  or  any  of  them,  shall 
not,  nor  will,  at  any  time  or  times  hereafter,  during  the 
term  hereby  granted,  lease,  let  or  demise  all  or  any  part  of 
the  said  premises,  nor  assign,  transfer  or  make  over  the 
same,   or  this  present  lease,  or  any  of  term  or  time 

therein,  to  any  person  or  persons  whomsoever,  without  the 
consent  of  the  said  parties  of  the  hrst  part,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  in  writing  under  their  seal  for  that  purpose  first 
had  and  obtained,  anything  hereinbefore  contained  to  the 
contrary  thereof  in  any  wise  notwithstanding.  And  also, 
that  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, - 

administrators  or  assigns,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not,  nor 
will,  at  any  time  hereafter,  during  the  term  hereby  granted, 
erect,  make,  establish  or  carry  on,  nor  cause  or  suffer  to  be 
erected,  made,  established  or  carried  on,  in  any  manner,  on 
any  part  of  the  above  described  and  hereby  demised  prem- 
ises, any  stable,  slaughter  house,  tallow  chandlery,  smith 
shop,  forge,  furnace,  or  brass  foundry,  nail  or  other  iron 
factory,  or  any  manufactory  for  the  making  of  glass,  starch, 
glue,  varnish,  vitriol,  turpentine  or  ink ;  or  for  tanning, 
dressing,  preparing  or  keeping  skins,  hides  or  leather ;  or 


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any  distillery,  brewery,  sugar  bakery,  or  any  other  manu- 
factory, trade,  business  or  calling  whatsoever,  which  may 
be  in  anywise  noxious  or  offensive  to  the  neighboring 
inhabitants.     And  lastly,  that  the  said  part  of  the 

second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

shall  and  will,  on  the  last  day  of  the  term  hereby  granted, 
or  other  sooner  determination  thereof,  well  and  truly  sur- 
render and  deliver  up  the  said  hereby  demised  premises 
into  the  possession  of  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  without  fraud  or  delay.  Provided 
always,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part,  their  successors  and  assigns,  when  and  as  often 
as  default  shall  be  made  in  the  payment  of  the  said  rent,  or 
any  part  thereof,  to  take  such  summary  proceedings  for  the 
recovery  of  the  said  rent  as  may  be  permitted  by  law,  any- 
thing herein  contained  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 
And  providfd  further,  and  this  present  lease  is  upon 
this  express  condition,  That  if  the  said  part  of  the 

second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

shall  at  any  time  during  the  term  hereby  granted,  erect, 
make,  establish  or  carry  on,  or  cause,  or  suffer  to  be  erected, 
made,  established  or  carried  on,  in  any  manner,  on  any  part 
of  the  above  described  and  hereby  demised  premises,  any 
stable,  slaughter  house,  tallow  chandlery,  smith  shop,  forge, 
furnace  or  brass  foundry,  nail  or  other  iron  factory,  or  any 
manufactory  for  the  making  of  glass,  starch,  glue,  varnish, 
vitriol,  turpentine  or  ink  ;  or  for  tanning,  dressing,  prepar- 
ing or  keeping  skins,  hides  or  leather  ;  or  any  distillery, 
brewery,  sugar  bakery,  or  any  other  manufactory,  trade, 
business  or  calling  whatsoever,  which  may  be  in  anywise 
noxious  or  offensive  to  the  neighboring  inhabitants,  or  shall 
fail  in  the  performance  of  any  or  either  of  the  covenants, 
conditions  or  provisoes  in  these  presents  contained,  which  on 
the  part  and  behalf  of  the  said  part  of  the  second  part, 
executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  are,  or 
ought  to  be,  observed,  performed,  fulfilled  and  kept,  then 
and  from  thenceforth,  this  present  Indenture  and  the  Estate 
hereby  granted,  and  every  clause,  article  and  thing  herein 


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contained,  on  the  part  and  behalf  of  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part,  to  be  performed,  fulfilled  and  kept,  shall  cease, 
determine  and  be  utterly  void,  to  all  intents  and  purposes 
whatsoever,  anything  herein  contained  to  the  contrary  there- 
of in  anywise  notwithstanding. 

Axd  it  is  hereby  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that 
at  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  granted,  if  the  said 
parties  hereto  shall  agree  upon  a  renewal  of  this  lease  for  a 
further  term  of  twenty-one  years,  and  shall,  by  mutual  con- 
sent, fix  upon  the  annual  ground  rent  to  be  reserved  in 
such  renewed  lease,  and  which  shall  not  be  less  than  the 
rent  herein  reserved,  then  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall,  and  will,  execute  to  the 
said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors,  admin- 

istrators or  assigns,   at  expense,  a  new  lease  of  the 

aforesaid  premises  for  the  term  of  twenty-one  years,  from 
and  after  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  demised,  at  the 
annual  ground  rent,  payable  half-yearly,  agreed  upon  be- 
tween the  same  parties  as  aforesaid.  But  if,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  the  term  hereby  granted,  the  said  parties  shall  not 
agree  upon  a  renewal  of  this  lease,  or  upon  the  amount  of 
the  rent  to  be  reserved  for  such  renewed  term,  then  each 
party  shall  choose  a  disinterested  person,  who  shall  be  the 
owner  in  fee  simple  of  one  or  more  lots  of  land  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  premises  hereby  demised,  and  the  said 
persons  so  chosen  shall,  under  oath,  appraise  the  land 
hereby  demised,  considering  it  as  a  vacant  lot,  and  its  full 
and  fair  worth  at  private  sale ;  and  they  shall  also,  under 
oath,  appraise,  the  house  now  erected  on  the  said  lot,  or 
any  other  house  of  like  description  as  its  substitute,  which 
shall  cover  the  whole  front  of  such  lot — be  constructed  of 
brick  or  stone,  or  more  stories  high — and  covered 

with  slate  or  metal,  with  its  front  finished  in  such  style  as 
may  be  approved  of  by  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  at  its  then  actual  worth,  without 
reference  to  the  ground  on  which  it  stands  ;  and  in  case  the 
said  appraisers  shall  differ  in  their  valuation  or  appraise- 
ment, either  of  the  lot  or  building,  they  shall  then  choose 


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an  umpire,  qualified,  as  aforesaid,  whose  decision,  under 
oath,  shall  be  final  and  conclusive. 

And  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or 
assigns,  shall  have  the  full  liberty  and  choice,  either  to  pay 
to  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  or  assigns,  the  value  of  the  said  building  so 
determined  as  aforesaid,  or  to  grant  a  renewal  of  this  lease 
unto  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  execu- 

tors, administrators  or  assigns,  at  their  expense,  for 

the  term  of  twenty-one  years  from  and  after  the  expiration 
of  the  term  hereby  granted,  at  an  annual  ground  rent  of 
five  per  cent,  on  the  valuation  of  the  said  lot  so  determined 
as  aforesaid,  but  not  less  than  the  rent  hereby  reserved. 

And  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that 
at  the  expiration  of  the  term  to  be  granted  by  the  first  re- 
newal of  this  lease,  and  at  the  expiration  of  each  and  every 
term  which  may  be  thereafter  granted  by  each  and  every 
subsequent  renewal  of  this  lease,  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  still  have  and  retain 
the  full  liberty  and  choice,  either  to  grant  a  further  renewal, 
for  the  further  term  of  twenty-one  years,  at  such  annual 
rent,  payable  half-yearly  (but  not  less  than  the  rent  of  the 
last  preceding  term),  as  shall  be  ascertained  and  determined 
in  the  manner  aforesaid,  or  to  pay  unto  the  said  part  of 
the  second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

the  value  of  the  said 

to  he  ascertained  as  aforesaid.  And  it  is  further  mutually 
covenanted  and  agreed,  by  and  between  the  parties  afore- 
said, that  whenever  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  shall  refuse  to  grant  a  renewal  of  this 
lease  as  aforesaid,  the  said 

shall  be  valued  and  paid  for  as  aforesaid. 
Pkovided  always,  that  the  part  of  the  second  part, 

executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  shall  not  be 
compelled  to  surrender  the  premises  until  such  payment  be 
made  or  tendered.  And  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted 
and  agreed,  by  and  between  the  parties  aforesaid,  that  in 
case  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or 


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assigns,  shall,  at  the  expiration  of  the  term  to  be  granted 
by  this  lease,  or  at  the  expiration  of  any  term  which  may 
be  granted  hereafter,  by  any  subsequent  renewal  thereof, 
elect  and  choose  to  pay  unto  the  said  part  of  the  sec- 

ond part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  the 

value  of  the  said 

to  be  ascertained  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  actually  make  such 
payment,  or  tender  the  same,  the  said  part  of  the 

second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

shall  then  deliver  up  the  said 

in  the  same  order  and  condition  in  which  it  was  at  the  time 
of  its  valuation,  as  aforesaid,  and  also  all  and  singular 
other  the  premises  hereby  demised,  to  the  said  parties  of 
the  first  part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  without  fraud  or 
delay.  And  lastly,  it  is  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed, 
by  and  between  the  parties  aforesaid,  that  each  renewed 
lease  shall  contain  the  like  covenants,  provisoes  and  con- 
ditions as  herein  contained. 

In  Witness  whereof,  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part  have 
caused  their  seal  to  be  affixed  hereto ;  and  the  said  part 
of  the  second  part,  ha        set  hand  and  seal  inter- 

changeably, the  day  and  year  first  above  written. 

2.  The  lessees  or  sub-lessees  shall  pay  all  expenses  and 
charges  for  leases,  transfers  and  acknowledgements  of  the 
same. 


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The  form  of  lease  on  renewal  of  the  leases  given  in  and 

since  1873. 


Style  Indenture,  Made  this  day  of  ,  in 

the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

Between  "  The  Trustees  of  The  Sailors'  Snug 

Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New  York,"  of  the  first  part,  and 

of  the  second  part :  Whereas,  the  said  parties 

of  the  first  part,  by  Indenture  of  Lease,  dated  the        day  of 

in  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
did  grant  and  demise  unto  all  that  certain  lot 

of  land  hereinafter  described  for  the  term  of  years 

from  the  day  of  ,  subject  to  certain  rents, 

covenants  and  conditions  therein  reserved  and  expressed. 
And  whereas,  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  and  the 
said  part  of  the  second  part,  the  latter  claiming  to  be 

the  present  owner  of  said  Indenture  of  Lease,  have  agreed 
upon  a  renewal  thereof,  for  a  further  term  of  twenty-one 
years,  at  the  annual  rent  hereinafter  reserved,  payable  half- 
yearly,  and  subject  to  the  covenants,  conditions  and  r>ro- 
visoes  hereinafter  contained. 

5Jotp  tljts  Indenture  lUttnessetl),  that  "  The  Trustees 
oe  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  in  the  City  of  New 
York,"  the  said  parties  hereto  of  the  first  part,  in  consider- 
ation of  the  rents  and  covenants  hereinafter  reserved  and 
contained,  have  granted,  demised  and  to  farm  let,  and  by 
these  presents,  Do  grant,  demise,  and  to  farm  let,  unto  the 
said  part  of  the  second  part,  ALL  that  certain  lot  of 

land,  situate,  lying  and  being  in  the  Ward  of  the 

city  of  New  York  ;  being  part  ot  the  land  of  the  said  par- 
ties of  the  first  part,  and  distinguished  on  a  map  of  their 
property  in  the  said  Ward,  made  by  Edwin  Smith,  City 
Surveyor,  dated  April  13th,  1848,  and  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  Register  of  the  city  and  county  of  New  York,  by  the 
Number 


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So  fjcm  axib  to  Ijolb  the  said  Lot  of  Land,  unto  the 
said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors,*  adminis- 

trators  and  assigns,   from  the  for  and  during, 

and  until  the  full  end  and  term  of  years  thence 

next  ensuing,  and  fully  to  be  complete  and  ended ;  yield- 
ing and  paying  for  the  same,  yearly  and  every  year  during 
the  said  term,  unto  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  the  sum  of  dollars,  of  law- 

ful money  of  the  United  States,  in  two  equal  half-yearly 
payments  ;  that  is  to  say,  on  the  first  day  of  May,  and  on 
the  first  day  of  November,  in  each  and  every  year  during 
the  term  hereby  granted,  the  first  payment  to  be  made  on 
the  first  day  of  now  next  ensuing.     Subject  never- 

theless to  all  such  taxes,  assessments  and  incumbrances 
(if  any)  as  may  have  been  assessed,  imposed  or  charged 
on  the  said  demised  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  since 
the  date  of  the  said  first  recited  Indenture,  or  since  the 
date  of  the  Indenture  therein  recited.  Provided  always, 
that  if  it  shall  happen  that  the  said  yearly  rent,  or  any 
part  thereof,  shall  not  be  paid  on  any  day  on  which  the 
same  ought  to  be  paid,  as  aforesaid,  then,  and  at  all  times 
thereafter,  it  shall  and  may  be  lawful  to  and  for  the  said 
parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  into  the 
said  demised  premises,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  the  name 
of  the  whole,  to  re-enter  and  re-possess,  have  and  enjoy 
the  same  again,  as  of  their  first  and  former  estate  and 
interest  therein,  anything  herein  contained  to  the  contrary 
in  anywise  notwithstanding.      And  the  said  part  of 

the  second  part,  for  executors,  administrators  and 

assigns,  do  hereby  covenant  and  agree,  to  and  with  the 
said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  and  assigns, 
that  the  said  part  of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  and  assigns,  shall  and  will,  half-yearly,  and 
every  year  during  the  term  hereby  granted,  well  and  truly 
pay  unto  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  the  said  rent  hereby  reserved,  at  the  days  and 
times  hereinbefore  limited  for  the  payment  thereof,  without 
fraud  or  delay.      And  also,  that  the  said  part  of  the 


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second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  shall 

and  will,  at  their  own  proper  costs  and  charges, 

bear,  pay,  and  discharge  all  such  duties,  taxes,  assessments 
and  payments,  extraordinary  as  well  as  ordinary,  as  shall, 
during  the  term  hereby  granted,  be  imposed,  or  grow  due 
and  payable,  out  of,  or  for,  the  said  demised  premises,  or 
any  part  thereof,  by  virtue  of  any  present  or  future  law  of 
the  United  States  of  America,  or  of  the  State  of  New 
York,  or  of  the  Corporation  of  the  City  of  New  York.  And 
also,  that  the  said  part  of  the  second  part, 

executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  or  any  of  them,  shall 
not,  nor  will,  at  any  time  or  times  hereafter,  during  the 
term  hereby  granted,  lease,  let  or  demise  all  or  any  part  of 
the  said  premises,  nor  assign,  transfer  or  make  over  the  same, 
or  this  present  lease,  or  any  of  their  term  or  time 

therein,  to  any  person  or  persons  whomsoever,  without  the 
consent  of  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  in  writing  under  their  seal  for  that  purpose  first 
had  and  obtained,  anything  hereinbefore  contained  to  the 
contrary  thereof  in  any  wise  notwithstanding.  And  also, 
that  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  or  assigns,  or  any  of  them,  shall  not,  nor 
will,  at  any  time  hereafter,  during  the  term  hereby  granted, 
erect,  make,  establish  or  carry  on,  nor  cause  or  suffer  to  be 
erected,  made,  established  or  carried  on,  in  any  manner,  on 
any  part  of  the  above  described  and  hereby  demised  prem- 
ises, any  stable,  slaughter  house,  tallow  chandlery,  smith 
shop,  forge,  furnace,  or  brass  foundry,  nail  or  other  iron 
factory,  or  any  manufactory  for  the  making  of  glass,  starch, 
glue,  varnish,  vitriol,  turpentine  or  ink  ;  or  for  tanning, 
dressing,  preparing  or  keeping  skins,  hides  or  leather  ;  or 
any  distillery,  brewery,  sugar  bakery,  or  any  other  manu- 
factory, trade,  business  or  calling  whatsoever,  which  may 
be  in  anywise  noxious  or  offensive  to  the  neighboring 
inhabitants.     And  lastly,  that  the  said  part  of  the 

second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

shall  and  will,  on  the  last  day  of  the  term  hereby  granted, 
or  other  sooner  determination  thereof,  well  and  truly  sur- 


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render  and  deliver  up  the  said  hereby  demised  premises 
into  the  possession  of  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their 
successors  or  assigns,  without  fraud  or  delay.  Provided 
always,  that  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part,  their  successors  and  assigns,  when  and  as  often 
as  default  shall  be  made  in  the  payment  of  the  said  rent,  or 
any  part  thereof,  to  take  such  summary  proceedings  for  the 
recovery  of  the  said  rent  as  may  be  permitted  by  law,  any. 
thing  herein  contained  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 
And  provided  further,  and  this  present  lease  is  upon  this 
express  condition,  That  if  the  said  part  of  the  second 

part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  shall  at 

any  time  during  the  term  hereby  granted,  erect,  make,  es- 
tablish or  carry  on,  or  cause,  or  suffer  to  be  erected,  made, 
established  or  carried  on,  in  any  manner,  on  any  part  of  the 
above  described  and  hereby  demised  premises,  any  stable, 
slaughter  house,  tallow  chandlery,  smith  shop,  forge,  fur- 
nace or  brass  foundry,  nail  or  other  iron  factory,  or  any 
manufactory  for  the  making  of  glass,  starch,  glue,  varnish, 
vitriol,  turpentine  or  ink  ;  or  for  tanning,  dressing,  prepar- 
ing or  keeping  skins,  hides  or  leather  ;  or  any  distillery, 
brewery,  sugar  bakery,  or  any  other  manufactory,  trade, 
business  or  calling  whatsoever,  which  may  be  in  anywise 
noxious  or  offensive  to  the  neighboring  inhabitants,  or  shall 
fail  in  the  performance  of  any  or  either  of  the  covenants, 
conditions  or  provisoes  in  these  presents  contained,  which  on 
the  part  and  behalf  of  the  said  part  of  the  second  part, 

executors,  administrators  and  assigns,  are,  or 
ought  to  be,  observed,  performed,  fulfilled  and  kept,  then 
and  from  thenceforth,  this  present  indenture  and  the  estate 
hereby  granted,  and  every  clause,  article  and  thing  herein 
contained,  on  the  part  and  behalf  of  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part,  to  be  performed,  fulfilled  and  kept,  shall  cease, 
determine,  and  be  utterly  void,  to  all  intents  mid  purposes 
whatsoever,  anything  herein  contained  to  the  contrary 
thereof  in  anywise  notwithstanding. 

And  it  is  hereby  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that 
at  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  granted,  if  the  said 


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parties  hereto  shall  agree  upon  a  renewal  of  this  lease,  for 
a  further  term  of  twenty-one  years,  and  shall,  by  mutual 
consent,  lix  upon  the  annual  ground  rent  to  be  reserved  in 
such  renewed  lease,  then  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part, 
their  successors  or  assigns,  shall  and  will  execute  to  the 
said  part         of  the  second  part,  executors,   adminis- 

trators or  assigns,  at  their  expense,  a  new  lease  of 

the  aforesaid  premises  for  the  term  of  twrenty-one  years, 
from  and  after  the  expiration  of  the  term  hereby  granted, 
at  the  annual  ground  rent,  payable  half-yearly,  agreed  upon 
between  the  said  parties  as  aforesaid.  But  if,  at  the  expi- 
ration of  the  term  hereby  granted,  the  said  parties  shall  not 
agree  upon  a  renewal  of  this  lease,  or  upon  the  amount  of 
the  rent  to  be  reserved  for  such  renewed  term,  then  each 
party  shall  choose  a  disinterested  person,  who  shall  be  the 
owner  in  fee  simple  of  one  or  more  lots  of  land  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  the  premises  hereby  demised,  and  the  said  per- 
sons so  chosen  shall,  under  oath,  appraise  the  land  hereby 
demised,  considering  it  as  a  vacant  lot,  at  its  full  and  fair 
worth  at  private  sale ;  and  they  shall  also,  under  oath, 
appraise  the  building  now  erected  on  the  said  lot,  or  any 
other  building  of  like  description  as  its  substitute — which 
shall  cover  the  whole  front  of  such  lot,  be  constructed  of 
brick  or  stone,  or  more  stories  high,   and  covered 

with  slate  or  metal,  with  its  front  finished  in  such  style  as 
may  be  approved  of  by  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part, 
their  successors  or  assigns — at  its  then  actual  worth,  with- 
out reference  to  the  ground  on  which  it  stands ;  and  in  case 
the  said  appraisers  shall  differ  in  their  valuation  or  appraise- 
ment, either  of  the  lot  or  building,  they  shall  then  choose 
an  umpire,  qualified  as  aforesaid,  whose  decision,  under 
oath,  shall  be  final  and  conclusive. 

And  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or 
assigns,  shall  have  the  full  liberty  and  choice,  either  to  pay 
to  the  said  part         of  the  second  part,  executors, 

administrators  or  assigns,  the  value  of  the  said  building  so 
determined  as  aforesaid,  or  to  grant  a  renewal  of  this  lease 
unto  the  said  part        of  the  second  part,  executors, 


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administrators  or  assigns,  at  their  expense,  for  the 

term  of  twenty-one  years  from  and  after  the  expiration  of 
the  term  hereby  granted,  at  an  annual  ground  rent  of  five 
per  cent,  on  the  valuation  of  the  said  lot  so  determined  as 
aforesaid. 

Axd  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  that 
at  the  expiration  of  each  and  every  term  which  may  be 
thereafter  granted  by  each  and  every  subsequent  renewal  of 
this  lease,  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors 
or  assigns,  shall  still  have  and  retain  the  full  liberty  and 
choice,  either  to  grant  a  further  renewal,  for  the  further 
term  of  twenty-one  years,  at  such  annual  rent,  payable 
half-yearly,  as  shall  be  ascertained  and  determined  in  the 
manner  aforesaid,  or  to  pay  unto  the  said  part  of  the 

second  part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns, 

the  value  of  the  said  building  or  its  substitute,  to  be  ascer- 
tained as  aforesaid.  And  it  is  further  mutually  covenanted 
and  agreed,  by  and  between  the  parties  aforesaid,  that  when- 
ever the  said  parties  of  the  first  part,  their  successors  or 
assigns,  shall  refuse  to  grant  a  renewal  of  this  lease,  as 
aforesaid,  the  said  building  or  its  substitute  shall  be  valued 
and  paid  for  as  aforesaid.  Provided  always,  that  the 
said  part  of  the  second  part,  executors,  admin- 

istrators or  assigns,  shall  not  be  compelled  to  surrender  the 
premises  until  such  payment  be  made  or  tendered.  And  it 
is  further  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  by  and  between 
the  parties  aforesaid,  that  in  case  the  said  parties  of  the 
first  part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  shall,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  the  term  granted  by  this  lease,  or  at  the  expiration 
of  any  term  which  may  be  granted  thereafter  by  any  subse- 
quent renewal  thereof,  elect  and  choose  to  pay  unto  the  said 
part  of  the  second  part,  executors,  administrators 

or  assigns,  the  value  of  the  said  building  or  its  substitute, 
to  be  ascertained  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  actually  make  such 
payment,  or  tender  the  same,  the  said  part  of  the  second 

part,  executors,  administrators  or  assigns,  shall  then 

deliver  up  the  said  building  or  its  substitute,  in  the  same 
or  der  and  condition  in  which  it  was  at  the  time  of  its  valu- 


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ation,  as  aforesaid,  and  also  all  and  singular  other  the 
premises  hereby  demised,  to  the  said  parties  of  the  first 
part,  their  successors  or  assigns,  without  fraud  or  delay. 
And  lastly,  it  is  mutually  covenanted  and  agreed,  by  and 
between  the  parties  aforesaid,  that  each  renewed  lease  shall 
contain  the  like  covenants,  provisoes  and  conditions  as 
herein  contained. 

In  Witness  whereof,  the  said  parties  of  the  first  part  have 
caused  their  corporate  seal  to  be  hereunto  affixed  ;  and  the 
said  part  of  the  second  part  ha        set  hand 

and  seal  interchangeably,  the  day  and  year  first  above 
written. 


State  of  New  York,  ]       . 

City  and  County  of  New   York,  J      ' ' 

On  the  day  of  A.  D.  one  thousand  eight 

hundred  and  before  me  personally  appeared 

to  me  known,  who,  being  by  me  duly  sworn,  did  state  that 
he  is  the  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Snug 

Harbor  in  the  city  of  New  York,  the  Corporation  described 
in,  and  which  executed  the  foregoing  Indenture  of  Lease  ; 
that  he  resides  in  the  said  city  ;  that  the  seal  affixed  to  the 
said  Indenture  of  Lease  is  the  Corporate  Seal  of  the  said 
The  Trustees  of  the  Sailors'  Sjstug  Harbor  in  the  city  of 
New  York,  and  was  affixed  thereto  bv  their  authority. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  the  By-Laws  and  of  the  Rules 
by  which  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  is  governed,  viz. : 


BY-LAWS 


OF  THE 


$ailoiy  ^i\ti^  Skrt)of 


PUBLISHED  BY  ORDER  OF  THE  TRUSTEES. 


J^ew  Jork  : 

SLOTE  &  JANES,   STATIONERS  AND   PRINTERS,  93  FULTON  STREET. 

1876. 


SAILORS'  SNUG  HARBOR. 


PREAMBLE. 

By   the   last   will    and   testament  of   the   late   Captain 
Eobert    Eichard    Eandall,  certain    property   was  be- 
queathed "  to  erect  and  build  an  Asylum  or  Marine  Hospital, 
to  be  called  the  '  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor/  for  the  purpose  of 
maintaining   and  supporting  aged,  decrepit  and  worn-out 
Sailors."     In  pursuance  of  the  provisions  of  said  will,  and 
of  the  Act  of  Incorporation  afterwards  obtained,  the  admin- 
istration of  the  trust  so  created  is  now  committed  to  the 
following  persons,  ex  officio,  viz.: 
The  Mayor  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
The  Eecorder  of  the  City  of  New  York, 
The  President  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  the  City  of 

New  York, 
The  President  of  the  Marine  Society  of  the  City  of  New 

York. 
The  First  Vice-President  of  the  Marine  Society  of  the  City 

of  New  York, 
The  Eector  of  Trinity  Church,  of  the  City  of  New  York, 

and 
The  Minister  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  the  City 

of  New  York, 
who,  with  their  successors  in  office,  constitute  a  body  cor- 
porate under  the  name  and  style  of  "  The  Trustees  of 
the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor  in  the  City  of  New  York." 
Said  corporation,  by  virtue  of  the  powers  so  committed  to 
them,  do  hereby  ordain  and  establish  the  following 


IB^-L.A.-WS, 


AETIOLE    I. 

OF   THE   OFFICE   OF   THE   TRUSTEES. 

There  shall  be  established  and  kept  in  the  City  of  New 
York  a  suitable  place  for  the  transaction  of  business,  which 
shall  be  designatod,  "  Office  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor." 

AETICLE    II. 

OF   MEETINGS   OF   THE   TRUSTEES. 

Stated  Meetings  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  held  at  their 
office,  or  elsewhere  as  may  be  appointed,  during  the  months 
of  March,  June,  September  and  December  in  each  year. 
Special  Meetings  may  also  be  convened  and  held  at  the 
call  of  the  President.  Five  members  shall  constitute  a 
quorum.* 

AETIOLE    III. 

OF   OFFICERS   OF   THE   BOARD. 

Section  1. — The  Officers  of  the  Board  shall  be  a  Presi- 
dent, who  must  be  one  of  the  Trustees,  a  Controller,  and  a. 
Secretary,  who  shall  be  elected  annually  by  ballot,  at  the 
stated  meeting  in  March,  and  shall  hold  their  offices  during 
the  pleasure  of  the  Board.  Vacancies  may  be  ill  led  at  any 
meeting. 


Act  of  Incorporation,  Sec.  2. 


Sec.  2. — The  Controller,  and  such  other  officers  as  shall, 
in  the  discharge  of  their  duties,  be  intrusted  with  the  cus- 
tody of  money  or  other  property  of  the  Corporation, '"  shall 
give  such  security  for  the  faithful  execution  of  their  duty, 
and  the  performance  of  the  trusts  reposed  in  them  respec- 
tively," *  as  is  hereinafter  or  otherwise  designated. 

OF    THE   PRESIDENT. 

Sec.  3. — The  President  shall  have  custody  of  the  official 
bonds  given  by  the  Controller  and  other  officers.  He  shall 
preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  sign  all  leases, 
contracts,  ami  other  documents  authorized  by  them.  In 
his  absence  from  any  meeting  of  the  Board,  a  Chairman 
shall  be  chosen  to  preside  in  his  stead. 

OF   THE   CONTROLLER. 

Sec.  4. — The  Controller  shall  give  security  by  a  bond, 
satisfactory  to  the  Board,  in  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand 
dollars,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  5. — He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board,  have 
immediate  charge  of  the  Office  of  the  Trustees,  and  of  all 
funds,  records,  books,  leases,  securities  and  documents,  and 
the  supervision  of  all  persons  employed  therein. 

Sec.  6.— He  shall  collect  all  dues  accruing  to  the  Corpo- 
ration, whether  from  rents,  interest  or  otherwise,  and  give 
proper  receipts  for  the  same.  He  shall  take  care  that  all 
covenants  and  undertakings  of  lessees  of  property  of  the 
Corporation  are  duly  complied  with,  and  in  case  of  any  de- 
fault or  failure  therein,  to  notify  forthwith  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Sec.  7. — He  shall  keep  regular  books  of  account,  in 
which  shall  be  entered  all  receipts  and  payments  by  or  for 


*Act  of  Incorporation,  Sec.  2. 


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the  Trustees,  and  which  shall  at  all  times  exhibit  the  state 
of  the  finances  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  8. — All  moneys  belonging  to  the  Corporation  shall 
be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Trustees,  in  such  bank  or 
other  moneyed  institution  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
Board.  No  part  thereof  shall  be  drawn  unless  by  appro- 
priation previously  made  by  the  Board  or  Executive  Com- 
mittee, and  then  only  by  the  check  of  the  Controller  to  the 
order  of  the  party  to  receive  the  amount.  All  checks  shall 
be  countersigned  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, or  some  other  member  thereof.  In  case  of  the 
absence  or  inability  of  the  Controller,  such  checks  may 
be  signed  by  the  President  or  a  member  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

Sec.  9. — In  order  that  the  funds  of  the  Corporation  may 
be  improved  to  the  best  advantage,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
the  Controller  to  exhibit  to  the  Executive  Committee,  at 
least  once  a  month,  and  oftener  when  requested,  a  state- 
ment of  the  receipts,  payments,  and  balances  on  deposit  in 
bank,  with  the  sums  to  be  received  and  paid  out  during 
the  ensuing  month.  He  shall  also  report  to  the  Board  at 
each  stated  meeting,  the  amount  of  the  receipts  and  pay- 
ments since  the  last  previous  meeting,  with  the  balance  then 
in  bank,  also  an  estimate  of  the  moneys  to  be  received  and 
payments  to  be  made  before  another  meeting. 

Sec.  10. — All  requisitions  for  supplies  for  the  Institution 
shall  be  made,  through  the  Governor,  to  the  Controller, 
and  by  him  submitted  to  the  Executive  Committee.  If 
approved  by  said  Committee,  they  shall  be  rilled  by  the 
Controller  by  purchase  on  the  best  terms  practicable. 
All  purchases  shall  be  made  for  net  cash,  payable  within 
thirty  days.  Separate  invoices,  in  duplicate,  shall  be  taken 
for  articles  bought  for  the  different  departments,  which  shall 
be  transmitted  to  the  Governor,  with  the  goods,  for  exam- 
ination, and  subsequently  be  returned  by  him  to  the  Con- 
troller.    But  no  such  bills  shall  be  paid  until  they  are  duly 


certified  by  the  Steward,  Physician,  Superintendent,  Engi- 
neer, Matron,  or  other  Head  of  Department  for  which  such 
purchase  was  made,  and  also  approved  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  11. — The  certification  of  bills  by  the  heads  of  the  de^ 
partments  using  the  articles  specified  therein,  as  required 
by  the  preceding  section,  shall  be  in  these  words :  "  The 
above  articles  received,  examined  and  found  correct ;  "  and 
shall  be  signed  by  the  proper  official.  Such  certificate  shall 
be  deemed  and  held  to  signify  that  the  officer  signing  the 
same  personally  examined  the  articles  and  found  the  kinds, 
quantities,  and  qualities  thereof  as  specified.  The  approval 
of  the  Governor  shall  be  expressed  by  the  word  "  Ap- 
proved," in  writing,  to  which  his  signature  shall  be  affixed ; 
and  the  same  shall  be  held  to  declare  and  signify  that  the 
articles  specified  in  said  bill  were  necessary  and  proper  to 
be  procured,  and  that  the  kinds,  quantities  and  qualities 
thereof  actually  received  were  as  specified  therein.  If  the 
Controller  find  any  error  or  discrepancy  therein,  he  shall  at 
once  return  said  bills  to  the  Governor  for  correction. 

Sec.  12. — The  Controller  shall  designate  one  or  more  days 
in  each  month  when  he  will  personally  attend  at  the  Gov- 
ernor's office,  in  the  Institution,  prepared  to  settle  all  local 
bills,  including  the  wages  of  laborers  and  others  employed 
in  and  about  the  Institution. 

Sec.  13. — All  bills  and  pay-rolls,  when  paid,  shall  be  duly 
receipted,  and  thereupon  properly  indorsed  and  filed  by  the 
Controller  in  the  office  of  the  Trustees,  the  duplicate  to  be 
returned  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  14. — The  Controller  shall  prepare  the  annual  reports 
required  by  law  to  be  made  by  the  Corporation  to  the  Leg- 
islature of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  to  the  Common 
Council  of  the  City  of  New  York,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Board. 


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Sec.  15. — All  papers,  documents  aud  books  kept  by  the 
Governor,  or  other  officers  of  the  Institution,  shall  at  all 
times  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  Trustees  and  the 
Controller,  who  shall  also  have  the  right  to  require  froin  any 
official  or  other  person  in  the  service  of  the  Board,  such 
statements  or  information  concerning  the  affairs  of  the  In- 
stitution as  they  may  desire,  which  information  shall  be 
promptly  given.  All  instructions  in  relation  to  the  time 
and  manner  of  performing  their  ordinary  duties  shall  be 
communicated  and  given  through  the  Governor,  who  shall 
be  held  answerable  therefor. 

Sec.  16. — The  Controller  shall  attend  the  meetings  of  the 
Trustees,  for  the  purpose  of  giving  them  information  con- 
cerning the  affairs  of  the  Corporation,  and  receiving  their 
instructions  in  relation  to  the  duties  to  be  performed  by 
him. 

OF   THE   SECRETARY. 

Sec.  17. — The  Secretary  shall  give  due  notice  of  all  meet- 
ings of  the  Board  and  of  the  Standing  Committees.  He 
shall  attend  all  such  meetings  and  keep  accurate  minutes  of 
their  proceedings,  which  shall  always  be  authenticated  by 
his  signature.  He  shall  keep  the  Corporation  Seal,  and 
affix  the  same  to  any  documents  when  directed  by  the 
Board,  and  shall  also  sign  the  leases  and  transfers  of  same 
made  by  the  Board. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

OF   THE   EXECUTIVE   COMMITTEE. 

Section  1. — There  shall  be  appointed  annually,  at  the 
stated  meeting  in  March,  an  Executive  Committee,  con- 
sisting of  three  Trustees ;  two  members  shall  be  a  quorum. 
The  minutes  of  their  proceedings  shall  be  read  and  sub- 
mitted to  the  approval  of  the  Board  at  its  next  regular 
meeting.  Special  Committees  may  be  appointed  at  any 
time,  as  occasion  shall  require. 


Sec.  2. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Executive  Committee 
to  carry  into  effect  the  orders  of  the  Board,  aud  act  for 
them  provisionally,  in  the  intervals  between  their  meetings, 
in  matters  which  have  not  already  been  referred  to  some 
other  Committee,  or  otherwise  disposed  of. 

Sec.  3. — Said  Committee  shall  counsel  and  direct  the 
Controller,  as  far  as  they  shall  deem  necessary,  in  the  care 
and  management  of  the  funds  and  other  property  of  the 
Corporation,  and  as  to  the  purchase  of  the  supplies  needed 
for  the  Institution,  or  for  the  office  of  the  Trustees.  All 
instructions  to  the  Governor  of  the  Institution  by  said  Com- 
mittee, or  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  shall  be  in  writing, 
communicated  to  him  by  the  Controller. 

Sec.  4. — In  case  of  unexpected  emergencies,  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  may,  at  their  discretion,  either  call  a  special 
meeting  of  the  Board,  or  themselves  authorize  a  sufficient 
appropriation  of  money  to  meet  such  emergencies. 

Sec.  5. — The  Executive  Committee  shall  bo  authorized  to 
issue  certificates  approving  of  buildings  to  be  erected  and 
improvements  to  be  made  on  the  leased  property  of  this 
Corporation,  provided  said  Committee  is  satisfied  that  the 
rights  of  the  Trustees  are  in  no  wise  impaired  by  such 
buildings  or  improvements.  The  following  shall  be  the 
form  of  the  certificate,  viz. : 

"  The  Executive  Committee  of  the  Trustees  of  the  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor,  by  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  them  by 
Sec.  5,  Article  IV.  of  the  By-Laws  of  said  Corporation,  do 
hereby  certify  that  we  have  examined  the  buildings  and 
improvements  on  Lot  No.  ,  on  map  of  their  property  in 
the  15th  Ward  of  the  City  of  New  York,  and  that  they  are 
in  conformity  with  the  terms  of  the  lease." 

Sec.  6. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  said  Committee  to  see 
that  all  real  estate  owned  by  the  Corporation,  and  not  re- 


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quired  for  the  actual    occupation   of  the  Trustees,  is  duly 
rented  ou  the  most  advantageous  terms. 

Sec.  7. — It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  said  Committee, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Board,  to  superintend  all  loans 
or  investments  made  or  to  be  made  from  time  to  time,  and 
to  see  that  all  interest,  rents  and  other  dues  to  be  received 
are  regularly  collected. 

Sec.  8. — The  vouchers  taken  for  payments  made,  and  the 
accounts  kept  by  the  Controller,  shall,  as  often  as  once  in 
every  six  months,  be  carefully  examined  aud  audited  by 
the  Executive  Committee.  All  securities  and  moneys  be- 
longing to  the  Corporation,  whether  in  the  custody  of  the 
Controller  or  on  deposit  in  bank,  shall  also  be  examined  in 
like  manner. 

AETICLE  V. 

OF   THE   INSTITUTION   AND   ITS   MANAGEMENT. 

Section  1. — The  administration  of  the  Institution  on 
Staten  Island  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  be  committed  to  a  Governor,  a  Chaplain,  a  Phy- 
sician, an  Agent,  and  a  Steward.  All  these  persons  shall 
be  elected,  and  shall  hold  their  offices  and  receive  their  sal- 
aries, subject  to  the  following  conditions  and  restrictions 

They  shall  be  assisted  in  the  administration  by  the  fol- 
lowing subordinates,  viz. :  a  farmer,  an  engineer,  a  matron, 
and  others,  all  of  whom  shall  be  appointed  or  authorized 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  upon  nomination  of  the  Governor. 
All  the  persons  designated  in  this  section,  except  the  Agent, 
shall  reside  at  the  Institution,  aud  shall  perform  the  duties 
hereinafter  specified,  and  such  others  as  may  reasonably  be 
required  of  them  by  the  Governor,  or  by  the  Board. 

OF  the  governor. 

Sec.  2. — The  Governor  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Trustees,  have  immediate  charge,  supervision,  and  control 


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of  the  Institution  and  farm  on  Staten  Island ;  also,  of  all 
officers  and  servants  employed  there,  and  of  the  inmates 
admitted  to  the  privileges  of  the  same,  and  shall  devote  the 
whole  of  his  time  and  attention  to  the  discharge  of  his  offi- 
cial duties.  He  shall  give  security  by  a  bond  for  rive  thou- 
sand dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  said  duties. 

Sec.  3. — He  shall,  in  addition  to  his  stated  salary,  be  al- 
lowed the  use  of  the  mansion  and  garden  appropriated  for 
the  official  residence  and  occupation  of  the  Governor,  which 
residence,  with  the  fences  surrounding  the  garden,  shall  be 
kept  in  good  tenantable  repair  at  the  expense  of  this  Cor- 
poration. 

Sec.  4. — All  orders  of  the  Trustees,  or  of  any  Committee 
relating  to  the  Institution,  or  to  the  administration  of  its 
affairs,  shall  be  in  writing,  addressed  to  the  Governor,  and 
transmitted  by  the  Controller. 

Sec.  5. — If  any  of  the  administrative  officers  named  in 
the  first  section  of  this  Article  shall  neglect  to  comply  with 
the  lawful  requirements  of  the  Governor,  or  fail  to  perform 
any  part  of  his  official  duty,  the  Governor  may  reprimand 
such  person  at  his  discretion,  and  in  case  of  similar  neglect 
by  any  of  the  subordinates  specified  in  the  same  section,  the 
Governor  may  both  reprimand  and  suspend  such  offender; 
in  all  cases  reporting  such  action  forthwith  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  with  his  reasons  therefor. 

Sec.  6. — It  shall  be  his  duty  to  reprimand,  and  if  the 
offense  be  repeated,  to  suspend  from  the  privileges  of  the 
Institution,  any  inmate  who  shall  wilfully  transgress  the 
regulations  thereof;  and  such  inmate,  while  under  suspen- 
sion, shall  be  forbidden  to  remain  upon  the  premises,  and 
if,  notwithstanding,  he  persist  in  so  doing,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Governor  to  cause  him  to  be  arrested  for  tres- 
pass, or  otherwise  lawfully  removed.  He  shall  immediately 
report  every  such  case  of  suspension  to  the  Executive  Com- 


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mittee,  and  present  to  the  Trustees,  at  their  next  regular 
meeting,  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  suspended  person,  who 
shall,  at  the  same  time,  be  permitted  to  state  his  own  case, 
and  the  Trustees  shall  thereupon,  by  vote,  reinstate  said 
person,  suspend  him  for  a  limited  term,  or  permanently  ex- 
pel him.  Any  inmate  so  expelled  shall  not  be  re-admitted 
except  by  the  vote  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  7. — In  case  any  person  who  has  been  admitted  as  an 
inmate  of  the  Institution  shall  become  restored  to  health, so 
as  to  be  able  to  earn  his  own  living,  or  shall  in  any  other 
way  acquire  the  means  of  supporting  himself,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Governor  and  Physician  to  report  the  fact  to  the 
Executive  Committee,  to  the  end  that  they  may  take  such 
order  in  the  case  as  may  be  required  by  a  faithful  discharge 
of  the  trust. 

Sec.  8. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  see  that 
all  assessments  levied  on  the  property  of  the  Corporation 
on  Staten  Island  for  taxes  or  local  improvements,  are  not 
excessive  in  amount,  or  out  of  due  proportien  to  the  like  as- 
sessments on  other  property  in  the  same  town  or  neighbor- 
hood. 

Sec.  9. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  cause 
requisitions  to  be  made  monthly,  or  oftener  if  necessary,  by 
the  heads  of  the  several  departments  of  the  Institution,  for 
all  articles  and  supplies  required  by  them.  If  such  requisi- 
tions are  approved  by  him,  he  shall  endorse  them  to  that 
effect,  with  the  date,  and  a  copy  thereof  shall  be  entered  in 
a  book  kept  in  his  office  labelled  " Eequisitions."  He  shall 
then  transmit  them  to  the  Controller,  with  any  needful  ex- 
planations as  to  their  use  and  necessity.  Upon  receiving 
the  invoices  for  said  articles,  the  Governor  shall  deliver 
them  to  the  proper  heads  of  departments  for  examination, 
and  if  found  correct,  they  shall  be  so  certified  and  returned 
to  the  Governor. 


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Sec.  10. — It  shall  be  his  duty  to  inspect  all  articles  re- 
ceived, and  see  that  they  correspond  to  the  requisitions 
and  invoices,  and  if  found  correct,  to  indorse  said  invoices 
duly  certified  as  aforesaid  with  his  approval,  and  transmit 
them  monthly  to  the  Controller  for  settlement ;  the  same 
to  be  regularly  numbered  and  accompanied  by  a  schedule 
thereof;  when  paid,  the  duplicates  to  be  returned  by  the 
Controller  to  the  Governor,  who  shall  then  copy  them  at 
length  in  a  book  to  be  kept  in  his  office,  labeled  "  Invoice 
Book." 

Sec.  1  \ . — All  bills  for  repairs  and  improvements  upon 
buildings,  fences,  furniture,  tools,  etc.,  including  materials 
used,  shall  in  like  manner,  if  found  correct,  be  certified  by 
the  Head  of  the  proper  Department  and  approved  by  the 
Governor.  All  such  bills  shall  be  copied  into  a  book  to  be 
kept  in  his  office,  labeled  "  Eepairs  and  Improvements," 
aud  thereupon  transmitted  to  the  Controller  for  settlement, 
monthly,  provided,  however,  that  no  bills  shall  be  incurred 
(except  in  case  of  pressing  urgency)  unless  the  same  shall 
have  been  previously  authorized  by  the  Board  of  Trustees 
or  the  Executive  Committee,  and  a  suitable  appropriation 
made  to  cover  the  expense  thereof.  All  such  bills  shall 
have  indorsed  upon  them,  in  red  ink,  the  date  of  the  reso- 
lution of  the  Board  or  Executive  Committee  by  which  the 
same  was  authorized. 

Sec.  12. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  preserve 
in  a  book  to  be  kept  in  his  office,  labeled  "  Instructions," 
and  properly  indexed,  all  resolutions  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, or  of  the  Executive  Committee,  relative  to  his  office  or 
duties,  and  all  communications  from  the  Controller. 

Sec.  13. — The  Governor  shall  require  quarterly  reports 
from  the  heads  of  the  several  Departments  of  the  nature 
and  extent  of  the  service  or  work  performed,  and  all  note- 
worthy occurrences  in  said  Departments  during  the  quarter. 

Sec.  14. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Governor  to  make 


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frequent  visits  to  all  the  buildings  and  grounds,  and  to 
inspect  the  rooms,  stores,  crops,  stock,  etc.,  to  the  end  that 
he  may  be  fall}*  and  reliably  informed  respecting  every  de- 
tail of  the  administration  of  the  Institution,  and  be  thereby 
enabled  to  give  such  directions  as  shall  promote  order  and 
economy  in  all  expenditures,  and  secure  the  greatest  com- 
fort to  the  inmates. 

Sec.  15. — The  Governor  shall  appoint  and  give  due  no- 
tice of  the  hours  when  he  will  be  in  his  office,  prepared  to 
receive  applications  for  permits,  and  to  hear  and  determine 
all  complaints. 

Sec.  16. — He  shall  take  care  to  have  the  grounds,  roads 
and  walks  within  the  inclosure  kept  in  good  order,  and  the 
trees  and  shrubbery  properly  pruned,  which  work,  it  is  ex- 
pected, will  generally  be  done  by  the  inmates. 

Sec.  17. — The  Governor  will  be  expected  to  attend  di- 
vine service  in  the  chapel  on  Sundays.  He  shall  designate 
a  suitable  person  among  the  inmates  to  ring  the  chapel  bell, 
and  shall  be  expected,  unless  other  duties  forbid,  to  be 
present  at  the  burial  of  deceased  inmates. 

Sec.  18. — He  shall  take  care  that  all  the  produce  from 
the  farm  and  garden  is  properly  gathered,  also  that  all 
grease  and  other  refuse  from  the  kitchen,  and  all  old  iron, 
lead,  copper,  rags,  boxes,  barrels  and  other  like  articles, 
are  carefully  collected,  and  disposed  of  at  such  times  and  in 
such  manner  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Controller.  All 
moneys  arising  from  the  sale  of  such  articles  shall,  without 
any  deduction  or  reservation,  be  paid  into  the  treasury  of 
the  Corporation.  He  shall  enter  in  a  suitable  book,  to  be 
kept  in  his  office,  labeled  "  Sales  Book,"  an  account  of  all 
such  articles,  giving  names  of  purchasers,  dates,  and  the 
amounts  realized  thereby. 

Sec.  19. — The  Governor  may  authorize  the  delivery  to 


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officers  and  employees  (and  to  no  others)  of  coal  and  bread, 
at  the  actual  cost  to  the  Institution,  including  freight  and 
expenses.  Such  articles  shall  be  duly  entered  in  the  "Sales 
Book,"  above  mentioned,  and  detailed  monthly  accounts  of 
the  same  rendered  to  the  Controller,  and  settled  at  the  end 
of  the  month. 

Sec.  20. — He  shall  report  to  the  Controller  whenever 
there  is  any  surplus  or  excess  in  the  supply  of  stores,  pro- 
duce, materials  or  live  stock  on  hand,  beyond  what  may 
be  wanted,  with  his  suggestions  as  to  the  best  disposition 
to  be  made  of  the  same. 

Sec.  21. — The  ^Governor  may  appoint  from  among  the 
inmates  of  the  Institution,  one  or  more  Inspectors,  whose 
duty  it  shall  be  to  report  to  him  all  irregularities  of  conduct 
or  disobedience  of  orders  among  the  inmates,  and  to  give 
their  aid  and  co-operation  in  carrying  into  effect  the  rules 
prescribed  by  the  Trustees.  He  may  also  designate  in- 
mates to  perforin  the  duties  of  lodge-keepers.  The  in- 
spectors and  lodge-keepers  shall  have  separate  tables  and 
apartments,  and  hold  their  offices  during  the  pleasure  of 
the  Governor,  who  shall  report  their  names  to  the  Board 
quarterly.  He  may,  when  necessary,  authorize  the  heads 
of  departments  to  employ  temporary  assistance  beyond 
what  may  reasonably  be  required  of  the  inmates. 

Sec.  22. — The  Governor  shall  enter  in  a  Eegister  to  be 
kept  in  his  office,  as  per  printed  form  of  said  Eegister,  a 
record  of  every  inmate.  He  shall  also  keep  a  register  of 
persons  visiting  the  Institution,  the  names  of  whom  shall 
be  reported  to  him  daily  by  the  lodge-keepers.  No  visitors 
will  be  allowed  on  Sundays  without  special  permission 
from  the  Governor  or  Physician. 

Sec.  23. — He  shall  also  keep  a  record  of  the  names  of 
officers  of  the  Corporation,  and  other  visitors  entitled  by 


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usage  to  be  treated  with  hospitality,  who  may  be  entertained 
at  his  house  as  guests  of  the  Institution  ;  a  monthly  report 
of  whom  shall  be  rendered  to  the  Controller,  in  order  that 
due  provision  may  be  made  by  the  Trustees  for  reimbursing 
the  expense  of  such  entertainments. 

Sec.  24. — The  Governor  shall  make  a  quarterly  report 
to  the  Trustees,  stating  the  whole  number  of  inmates  at  the 
date  of  the  last  previous  report,  their  increase  by  admis- 
sions, their  decrease  by  expulsion,  discharge  and  death,  the 
number  remaining  and  the  number  absent  on  liberty.  This 
report  shall  also  contain  a  general  account  of  the  expenses  of 
the  Institution  for  the  quarter,  and  the  average  cost  per  diem 
of  the  maintenance  of  the  inmates;  together  with  a  general 
resume  of  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  Institution  and  its 
inmates,  and  any  suggestions  which  he  shall  deem  useful 
for  the  information  and  guidance  of  the  Trustees  for  im- 
proving the  general  administration  of  the  trust  and  pro- 
moting the  welfare  of  its  beneficiaries.  In  keeping  the 
accounts  and  estimating  the  expenses  of  the  Institution,  all 
the  produce  of  the  farm  and  garden  shall  be  appraised  and 
reckoned  at  its  current  market  value.  The  price  of  bread 
and  other  articles  from  the  bakery  shall  be  reckoned  at  the 
cost  of  flour,  including  freight  and  cartage. 

Sec.  25. — In  case  of  sickness,  absence  or  inability  on  the 
part  of  the  Governor,  the  Physician,  with  the  concurrence 
of  the  Controller,  shall  have  authority  to  act  in  his  stead, 
until  other  provision  shall  be  made. 

OF   THE   CHAPLAIN. 

Sec.  20. — The  Chaplain,  under  direction  of  the  Governor, 
shall  have  the  moral  and  spiritual  oversight  of  the  Institu- 
tion, and  of  all  persons,  whether  officers,  servants,  or  bene 
ficiaries,  residing  therein,  and  shall  devote  his   whole  time 
and  attention  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 


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Sec.  27. — He  shall,  in  addition  to  his  stated  salary,  be 
allowed  the  use  of  the  dwelling-house  and  garden  appro- 
priated for  the  residence  of  said  officer.  Said  residence 
with  the  fences  surrounding  the  garden,  shall  be  maintained 
and  kept  in  good,  tenantable  repair,  at  the  expense  of  this 
Corporation. 

Sec.  28. — He  shall  hold  divine  service  every  Sunday,  in 
the  chapel,  both  in  the  morning  and  in  the  afternoon,  and 
conduct  the  usual  daily  religious  exercises,  morning  and 
evening,  in  the  central  building,  in  the  room  appropriated 
for  that  purpose,  except  at  such  other  times  as  may  be  ap- 
pointed in  the  hall  of  the  hospital. 

Sec.  29. — He  shall  minister  at  the  bedside  of  the  sick 
and  afflicted,  and  at  the  burial  of  the  dead,  and  perform  all 
such  offices  and  duties  as  usually  and  properly  devolve  upon 
the  ministers  of  Christ  in  the  strictest  fulfillment  of  their 
vocation. 

Sec.  30. — In  case  of  absence  on  leave,  sickness  or  other 
disability  of  the  Chaplain,  he  shall  be  authorized,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Governor,  to  invite  another  clergyman  or 
suitable  person  to  conduct  the  stated  religious  services,  for 
which  compensation  shall  be  paid  b}T  the  Corporation.  All 
bills  for  such  services  shall  be  certified  by  the  Chaplain,  and 
if  considered  correct,  be  approved  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  31. — All  officers,  employees  and  inmates  of  the  In- 
stitution shall  be  exx^ected  to  attend  public  worship  in  the 
chapel  every  Sunday,  unless  prevented  by  sickness  or  other 
sufficient  cause. 

Sec.  32. — Any  officer,  employee  or  inmate  who  is  a 
member  of  any  church  of  a  different  denomination  from 
that  of  the  Chaplain,  if  he  shall  desire  to  attend  divine 
service,  statedly  or  occasionally,  elsewhere  than  at  the 
chapel  of  the  Institution,  shall  be  permitted  to  do  so,  on 


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presenting  to  the  Governor  his  request  in  writing  to  that 
effect,  stating  the  place,  and  indorsed  by  the  officiating 
minister  at  such  place.  Any  inmate  who  shall  abuse  the 
privilege  thus  granted,  shall  forfeit  his  right  to  a  similar 
favor  thereafter. 

Sec.  33. — The  Chaplain,  with  the  approval  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, may  appoint  an  organist  for  the  chapel,  who  shall 
receive  from  the  Board  such  compensation  as  they  may 
deem  proper. 

Sec.  34. — The  Chaplain  shall  have  supervision  of  the 
library  and  reading-room,  and  with  the  approval  of  the  Gov- 
ernor may  designate  not  exceeding  five  daily  and  seven 
weekly  newspapers  and  three  monthly  periodicals,  to  be 
supplied  to  the  reading-room  for  the  use  of  the  officers  and 
inmates.  It  shall  be  his  duty  summarily  to  exclude  from 
the  premises  any  publication  or  print,  of  whatever  kind,  of 
any  immoral  or  improper  character. 

Sec  35. — He  may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor, 
appoint  a  suitable  person  from  among  the  inmates  to  act 
as  Librarian  and  Superintendent  of  the  reading-room, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  keep  the  books  and  papers  in 
order,  and  see  that  the  prescribed  regulations  for  the  use 
thereof  are  observed. 

Sec.  36. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chaplain  to  make  a 
quarterly  report  to  the  Governor  for  the  information  of  the 
Trustees,  respecting  the  moral  and  religious  state  of  the 
people  of  his  charge,  and  to  offer  such  suggestions  therein 
for  the  improvement  of  their  condition  as  he  may  deem 
useful ;  said  report  shall  also  state  the  services  performed 
by  him,  and  in  cases  of  his  absence  the  dates  thereof,  with 
names  and  residences  of  clergymen  officiating  in  his  stead. 

Sec.  37. — Sundays  and  all  legal  holidays  shall  be  duly 
observed  by  all  persons  connected  with  the  Institution,  and 
no  visitors  shall  be  allowed  admission  within  the  inclosure 


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on  those  days  without  permission  from  the  Governor  or 
Physician. 

Sec.  38. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  the  inmates  of  the 
Institution  to  appear  on  Sunday  clean  and  neatly  clad,  and 
to  maintain  the  quiet  and  orderly  deportment  becoming  the 
sanctity  of  the  Lord's  day.  In  case  of  any  violation  of  this 
rule,  or  of  any  breach  of  good  morals  by  the  use  of  profane 
or  impure  language,  or  otherwise,  it  shall  be  the  Chaplain's 
duty  to  administer  suitable  reproof  therefor,  and  if  the 
offence  be  repeated,  to  report  the  same  to  the  Governor  for 
discipline. 

OF   THE   PHYSICIAN. 

Sec.  39. — The  Physician  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Governor,  have  entire  charge  of  the  sanitary  regulations  of 
the  Institution.  He  shall  devote  his  whole  time  and  atten- 
tion to  the  care  of  the  sick  and  infirm,  whether  officers,  ser- 
vants or  inmates,  and  prescribe  such  rules  of  hygiene  as  may 
be  necessary  for  the  preservation  of  health. 

Sec.  40. — In  addition  to  his  stated  salary,  he  shall  be 
allowed  the  use  of  the  dwelling  and  garden  appropriated  for 
said  officer.  Said  residence,  with  the  fences  surrounding 
the  garden,  shall  be  maintained  and  kept  in  good  tenantable 
repair,  at  the  expense  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  41. — It  shall  be  his  duty  to  keep  a  record  of  every 
case  requiring  his  professional  attention,  and  of  the  reme- 
dies and  treatment  prescribed  by  him. 

Sec.  42. — He  shall  make  requisitions  in  writing  monthly, 
or  oftener,  through  the  Governor,  for  all  needful  medicines 
and  stores,  and  shall  have  the  care  and  dispensing  thereof. 
He  shall  notify  the  Governor,  in  writing,  whenever  any 
repairs  are  necessary  to  the  hospital  or  its  furniture,  or  any 
renewals  of  the  same. 


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Sec.  43. — He  shall,  under  the  Governor,  have  exclusive 
charge  and  control,  both  of  the  hospital  and  of  its  inmates, 
whether  servants  or  patients,  and  shall  report  to  the  Gover- 
nor any  neglect  of  duty,  disrespectful  behavior,  or  other 
misconduct  on  the  part  of  those  under  his  supervision. 

Sec.  44. — He  shall  report  to  the  Governor,  in  writing,  the 
name  of  any  inmate  whom  he  shall  believe  to  be  insane,  or 
whose  continuance  at  large  and  without  restraint  he  shall 
consider  unsafe. 

Sec.  45. — He  shall  examine  every  person  who  may  be 
temporarily  admitted  into  the  Institution,  and  report  to  the 
Governor  in  writing,  his  condition,  and  especially  whether 
he  is  afflicted  with  any  contagious  disease.  Said  report 
shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Trustees  for  their  consideration, 
before  such  person  shall  be  admitted  to  full  membership  of 
the  Institution. 

Sec.  46. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Physician  to  expel 
from  the  Hospital  any  inmate  who  shall  disobey  his  orders, 
or  who  does  not  conform  to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the 
Hospital.  No  inmate  in  the  Hospital  shall  be  allowed  to 
go  outside  the  inclosure  without  a  permit,  in  writing,  from 
the  Physician. 

Sec.  47. — He  shall  examine  the  condition  of  any  inmate 
who  may  claim  exemption  from  work  on  the  ground  of  ill- 
ness or  disability,  and  give  a  certificate  of  his  opinion  of 
the  case  for  presentation  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  48. — He  shall  be  authorized,  with  the  concurrence  of 
the  Governor,  to  appoint  a  head  nurse  and  such  number  of 
assistant  nurses  and  cooks  for  the  Hospital  as  he  may  deem 
necessary,  and  prescribe  their  duties.  Their  compensation 
shall  be  determined  by  the  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  49. — Upon  the  death  of  any  inmate,  the  Physician 
shall  report  to  the  Governor  his  name  and  cause  of  death, 
with   such  particulars  as  will  be  of  interest  to  surviving 


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friends ;  a  copy  of  which  shall  be  transmitted  to  the  Agent 
for  record. 

Sec.  50. — He  shall  order  the  daily  diet  for  the  inmates  of 
the  Hospital,  and  keep  a  correct  account  of  all  supplies  re- 
ceived for  the  use  of  the  Hospital. 

Sec.  51. — He  shall  also  render  a  quarterly  report  to  the 
Governor  for  the  information  of  the  Trustees  as  to  the 
general  sanitary  condition  of  the  Institution,  stating  the 
number  of  deaths  during  the  quarter,  the  number  of  sick 
and  infirm  patients,  and  the  general  character  of  their  dis- 
eases, with  any  suggestions  concerning  the  Hospital  which 
he  may  deem  useful ;  also  the  condition  of  the  insane. 

Sec.  52. — The  Physician  shall  be  authorized,  with  the 
sanction  of  the  Governor,  to  consult  other  physiciaus  and 
surgeons  in  cases  of  unusual  importance.  In  case  of  his 
sickness  or  necessary  absence,  the  Governor  may  secure 
other  medical  attendance.  In  all  such  cases,  the  Resident 
Physician  shall  report  to  the  Governor  the  proper  compen- 
sation to  be  allowed,  in  order  that  the  bills  may  be  audited 
and  settled  monthly. 

Sec.  53. — He  shall  visit  the  insane  inmates  yearly,  and 
report  their  condition  to  the  Trustees. 

OF   THE   AGENT. 

Sec.  54. — The  Agent  shall  be  provided  with  suitable 
accommodations  in  the  office  of  the  Trustees,  in  the  City  of 
New  York,  and  shall  devote  the  whole  of  his  time  and 
attention  to  the  service  of  the  Corporation. 

Sec.  55. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Agent  to  furnish 
persons  who  may  contemplate  making  application  for  ad- 
mission to  the  privileges  of  the  Institution,  with  a  copy  of 
so  much  of  these  By  Laws  and  Regulations  as  relates  to  the 


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duties  of  the  inmates,  and  with  such  additional  information 
as  may  be  necessary. 

Sec.  56. — It  shall  also  be  the  duty  of  the  Agent  to  see 
that  the  following  regulations  as  to  admissions  are  fully 
complied  with : 

Every  application  for  admission  must  be  made  out  in 
duplicate  on  the  printed  blank  prescribed  for  the  purpose — 
full  and  explicit  answers  being  required  to  all  of  the  inter- 
rogatories contained  therein,  the  agent  being  empowered 
at  his  discretion  to  require  said  answers  to  be  given  under 
oath.  They  must  also  state  that  the  applicant  has  promised 
a  strict  and  willing  compliance  with  the  laws  of  the  Insti- 
tution. Such  application  must  be  accompanied  by  testi- 
monials showing  that  the  applicant  has  been  a  sailor,  that 
he  is  without  adequate  means  of  support,  and  is  possessed 
of  all  the  requisite  qualifications  for  admission,  which  must 
be  therein  set  forth.* 

Sec.  57. — All  such  applications,  with  the  accompanying 
testimonials,  shall  be  referred  to  the  Agent  for  examination, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty  by  questioning  the  applicants,  and 
correspondence  with  and  personal  inquiries  of  the  parties 
referred  to  by  applicants,  and  any  others,  to  ascertain  and 
determine  in  regard  to  the  eligibility  of  such  persons  to  ad- 
mission. If,  after  making  such  examination  and  inquiries, 
he  shall  deem  such  applicant  eligible  to  temporary  admis- 
sion, he  shall  date  and  sign  the  Agent's  certificate  of  ap- 
proval printed  on  the  application.  If  such  application  shall 
be  also  approved  and  endorsed  by  not  less  than  two  Trus- 
tees, the  applicant,  on  presenting  his  application  so  ap- 
proved and  endorsed  to  the  Governor,  with  a  list  of  his 
clothing  subscribed  by  him,  will  be  entitled  to  temporary 
admission  into  the  Institution.  In  case  of  doubt  as  to  any 
applicant,  he  shall  at  once  refer  the  case  to  the  Executive 
Committee  for  their  decision. 


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Sec.  58. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Agent  to  record  in 
a  book  to  be  kept  by  him,  to  be  labeled  "  Applications 
for  Admission,"  the  number,  name,  place  and  date  of  birth, 
and  the  nature  and  time  of  service  as  a  sailor,  of  every  ap- 
plicant, with  the  names  and  addresses  of  his  references,  and 
an  account  of  the  information  received  from  them  respec- 
tively, together  with  an  abstract  of  applicant's  written  testi- 
monials, and  also  the  disposition  made  of  the  case. 

Sec.  59. — The  Agent  shall  also  keep,  in  a  book  to  be 
provided  for  the  purpose,  to  be  labeled  u  Eecords  of  In- 
mates," the  name  of  every  inmate,  with  a  succinct  history  of 
his  life  and  conduct  while  a  member  of  the  Institution,  as 
reported  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  60. — In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  Agent  to  assist  the  Controller  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  duties,  as  may  be  required  by  him. 


of  the  steward. 

Sec.  61. — The  Steward  shall  give  a  bond,  satisfactory  to 
the  Board,  for  five  thousand  dollars  for  the  faithful  per- 
formance of  his  duties. 

Sec.  62. — He  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the  Governor, 
be  the  storekeeper  of  the  Institution,  and  shall  have  charge 
of  all  groceries,  provisions,  clothing,  and  other  articles  for 
the  use  of  the  inmates,  and  shall  superintend  the  receipt 
and  delivery  of  the  same. 

Sec.  63. — In  addition  to  his  stated  salary,  he  shall  be 
allowed  the  use  of  the  dwelling-house  appropriated  for  said 
officer,  which  shall  be  kept  in  repair  by  the  Institution,  and 
a  plot  of  ground  for  a  garden. 

Sec.  64. — Before  registering  any  person  as  a  temporary 
inmate,  the  Steward  shall  see  that  his  clothing  corresponds 


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with  the  list  thereof  furnished  by  him,  which  list  shall  be 
copied  into  a  Clothes  Book  to  be  kept  in  the  Steward's 
office. 

Sec.  65. — If  any  person  registered,  either  as  a  temporary 
or  permanent  inmate,  shall  be  discharged  or  leave  on  lib- 
erty, his  name  shall  be  recorded  by  the  Steward  and  his 
rations  stopped. 

Sec.  66. — Clothing  will  be  furnished  to  the  inmates  and 
kept  in  repair,  but  no  new  article  shall  be  supplied  without 
a  written  order  from  the  Governor,  to  be  filed  in  the  Stew- 
ard's office,  and  the  delivery  of  the  old  garments  for  which 
the  new  was  substituted.  All  cast-off  clothing  shall  be  pre- 
served and  disposed  of  as  ordered  by  the  Controller. 

Sec.  67. — He  shall,  under  the  Governor,  have  charge  of 
the  dining-halls,  kitchen,  bakery  and  dormitories,  and  the 
supervision  of  all  persons  employed  in  them.  The  Gover- 
nor shall,  at  his  request,  designate  suitable  persons  among 
the  inmates  to  assist  him  in  the  performance  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  68. — He  shall  make  out  the  daily  requisitions  for 
provisions,  specifying  the  kinds  and  quantities  of  meat,  fish, 
bread  and  other  articles  required,  which  requisitions,  signed 
by  the  Governor,  he  shall  keep  on  file  in  his  office.  He 
shall  also,  with  the  Governor's  approval,  direct  what  articles 
shall  be  prepared  and  served  at  each  meal,  and  shall  remain 
in  the  dining-rooms  during  meals  to  preserve  order  and 
prevent  waste. 

Sbo.  69. — He  shall  examine  all  supplies  received  for  the 
use  of  his  department,  and  certify  the  invoices  thereof,  if 
correct,  as  required  in  Section  11  of  Article  III.  He  shall 
enter  a  list  of  all  supplies  received  in  a  book,  Labeled  "  Daily 
Receipts." 

Sec.  70. — He  shall  keep  Pass  Books  with  the  butcher, 
baker,  gardener  and  farmer,  in  which  shall  be  entered  daily 


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the  kinds,  quantities  and  value  of  articles  received  from  each. 
Such  Pass  Books  shall  be  footed  monthly,  and  the  aggre- 
gate of  each  be  entered  in  the  Daily  Receipt  Book  men- 
tioned in  the  last  section,  and  reported  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  71. — He  shall  also  keep  a  Pass  Book  with  the  shoe- 
maker, for  work  ordered  for  the  inmates,  to  be  entered 
therein  monthly,  with  the  prices,  the  aggregate  amount  at 
the  end  of  each  month  to  be  stated  therein,  entered  in  the 
Daily  Beceipt  Book,  and  reported  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  72. — He  shall  keep  an  account  of  the  time  of  me- 
chanics and  laborers  employed  by  the  day  in  his  depart- 
ment, and  of  the  materials  used,  and  certify  the  same  to  the 
Governor  in  the  prescribed  forms  for  pay-rolls  and  other 
accounts. 

Sec.  73. — He  shall  keep  exact  accounts  of  all  supplies 
for  inmates,  delivered  to  the  cooks  and  others  upon  the  daily 
or  other  requisitions  of  the  Governor  and  Physician  ;  also 
of  all  bread  and  coal  sold  to  the  officers  and  employees  of 
the  Institution,  including  his  own  family;  and  shall  furnish 
transcripts  of  such  accounts  monthly  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  74. — The  Steward  shall  take  care  that  the  clock  in 
the  main  hall  is  regularly  wound  up  and  kept  in  time,  and 
that  the  ringing  of  the  bell  for  all  occasions,  as  appointed 
by  the  Governor,  is  duly  attended  to. 

Sec.  75. — He  shall  keep  his  store-rooms  and  cellars  clean 
and  in  order,  have  all  barrels  and  firkins  cleansed,  their 
heads  replaced  and  re-hooped  so  as  to  be  available  for  use 
or  sale  to  the  best  advantage.  He  shall  carefully  inspect 
the  fresh  beef,  mutton  and  fowls  delivered  to  the  Harbor, 
and  if  they  are  not  of  proper  quality  and  perfectly  fresh, 
report  the  fact  immediately  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  76. — He  shall  take  care  to  have  the   grease  arising 


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from  the  cooking  of  meats  in  the  kitchen  carefully  collected 
and  taken  care  of  until  disposed  of. 

Sec.  77. — He  shall  superintend  the  lodges  at  the  gates 
and  the  keepers  of  them  (who  shall  be  designated  from 
among  the  inmates  by  or  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor), 
and  take  care  that  the  regulations  prescribed  by  the  By- 
Laws  respecting  the  entrance  and  departure  of  persons  and 
parcels  through  the  gates  are  strictly  enforced. 

Sec.  78. — He  shall  on  the  death  of  an  inmate  take  an 
inventory  of  his  effects,  to  be  signed  by  him  and  delivered 
to  the  Governor.  The  clothing  and  other  articles  furnished 
by  the  Institution  shall  be  retained  and  put  under  the  care 
of  the  Matron.  All  personal  effects  of  deceased  inmates  shall 
be  taken  care  of  by  the  Governor,  and  disposed  of  as  may 
be  directed  by  the  Trustees. 

Sec.  79.— He  shall  give  all  necessary  orders  for  the  burial 
of  the  dead,  and  be  present  at  all  interments  in  the  Ceme- 
tery of  the  Institution,  and  make  a  record  of  the  location  of 
the  grave. 

Sec.  80. — He  shall,  once  a  quarter,  take  an  inventory  of 
stores  on  hand  in  his  department  and  report  the  same  to  the 
Governor,  stating  the  total  quantities  of  all  articles  received, 
consumed  by  inmates,  and  furnished  to  officers  and  em- 
ployees during  the  previous  quarter. 

Sec.  81. — He  shall  report  to  the  Governor  the  names  of 
all  inmates  leaving  the  Institution  without  permission,  and 
all  instances  of  drunkenness,  swearing,  obscenity,  insub- 
ordination, infractions  or  neglect  of  the  rules  and  regulations 
taking  place  within  his  knowledge. 

Sec.  82. — In  case  of  a  vacancy  occurring  in  the  office  of 
Steward,  the  Governor,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Con- 
troller, shall  be  authorized  to  make  a  temporary  appointment 


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to  fill  the  same.  In  case  of  sickness  or  absence  of  the  Steward? 
provision  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner  for  the  continued 
discharge  of  his  duties. 

OF  THE    SUBORDINATE  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  83. — All  the  subordinate  officers  mentioned  in  Sec- 
tion 1  of  this  Article  shall,  in  addition  to  their  ordinary 
duties,  perform  such  other  reasonable  services  as  the  Gov- 
ernor may  from  time  to  time  require,  and  shall  not  be  ab- 
sent from  the  Institution  without  his  consent.  The  Gov- 
ernor has  power  to  make  such  rules  and  regulations  as  he 
may  deem  proper  for  the  management  of  the  different  de- 
partments of  the  Institution;  such  rules,  when  approved  by 
the  Executive  Committee,  shall  be  obeyed  by  the  officers, 
employees  and  inmates. 

Sec.  84. — The  Farmer  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Governor,  have  supervision  and  charge  of  the  farm  and 
garden  belonging  to  the  Institution,  and  of  the  laborers  and 
servants  employed  thereon  from  time  to  time ;  of  all  build- 
ings and  fences  outside  of  the  enclosure,  all  live  stock  and 
poultry,  and  all  crops,  produce,  materials,  vehicles,  utensils, 
tools,  &c,  appertaining  thereto,  and  shall  devote  his  whole 
time  and  attention  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  85. — He  shall  receive  a  stated  salary  for  his  services, 
which  shall  be  in  lieu  of  all  fees,  commissions,  gratuities  or 
perquisites,  directly  or  indirectly,  except  that  he  shall  be 
allowed  the  use  of  the  cottage  and  garden  plot  allotted  for 
the  Farmer,  with  the  privilege  to  purchase  bread  and  coal 
at  cost  price  from  the  Harbor  as  he  may  require  for  his  own 
family. 

Sec.  86. — He  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor, 
be  authorized  to  employ  such  number  of  laborers  as  may 
be  necessary  to  perform  the  work  of  his  department  at  the 


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proper  times,  arid  shall  keep  a  strict  account,  in  the  books 
to  be  furnished  him  for  the  purpose,  of  the  time  of  service 
of  each  employee  under  him.  The  compensations  of  snch 
persons  shall  not  exceed  the  usual  current  rates  to  be  fixed 
by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  87. — He  shall  take  care  that  the  farm  buildings, 
fences,  vehicles,  utensils  and  tools  are  kept  in  good  condi- 
tion, and,  when  requested  by  the  Governor,  shall  assist  him 
in  making  improvements  and  all  such  repairs,  alterations 
and  renewals  of  and  to  the  buildings,  grounds,  fences,  walks, 
roads,  shrubbery,  trees,  &c,  within  the  enclosure  of  the  In- 
stitution, as  may  have  been  duly  authorized  by  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  either  by  the  By-Laws  or  otherwise. 

Sec.  88. — He  shall  have  the  oversight  and  direction  of 
the  vegetable  garden,  and  of  the  foreman  and  laborers  there- 
in employed,  taking  care  that  sufficient .ground  is  allotted  to 
raise  a  full  supply  of  all  the  ordinary  vegetables  needed  for 
the  Institution  ;  also  that  the  planting,  cultivating,  gather- 
ing, and  delivering  to  the  Steward,  or  housing  of  all  such 
vegetables,  are  duly  and  properly  attended  to. 

Sec.  89. — He  shall  take  care  that  the  portions  of  the 
Farm  appropriated  for  cultivation  are  planted  in  due  sea- 
son, with  such  crops  as  may  be  directed  or  approved  by  the 
Governor;  that  the  tending,  gathering  and  securing  of  all 
crops  are  done  in  a  proper  manner,  and  at  the  right  time. 

Six1.  90. —  lie  shall  also  see  that  the  horses,  cattle,  swine 
and  poultry  are  all  duly  cared  for,  and  that  all  the  pork, 
poultry,  milk  and  eggs  necessary  for  the  use  of  the  Institu- 
tion, are  produced  upon  the  farm  ;  and  in  case  of  a  short 
supply  of  cither  of  these  articles,  the  orders  of  the  Physician 
for  the  Hospital  shall  be  first  provided  for. 

gB0,  91.— It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Farmer  to  collect 
during  the  year,  as  far  as  may  be  practicable,  a   supply  of 


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fertilizing  materials  to  maintain  the  land  in  proper  condi- 
tion, and  in  case  of  a  short  supply,  to  apply  to  the  Governor 
for  such  additional  quantity  as  may  be  needed. 

Sec.  92. — He  shall  superintend  the  Cemetery,  and  take 
care  that  the  same,  with  its  fences  and  shrubbery,  is  kept 
in  proper  order  and  repair. 

Sec.  93. — He  shall  make  requisitions  upon  the  Governor 
for  all  articles  needed  in  his  department,  and  proceed  to  ex- 
amine and  certify  the  invoices  thereof  as  is  provided  in  Sec- 
tion 11  of  Art.  III.  He  shall  also  prepare  and  certify  pay- 
rolls of  work  done  under  his  supervision,  specifying  names, 
number  of  days'  labor  and  amount  of  wages  due  to  each, 
which  must  be  sent  to  the  Governor  for  his  approval. 

Sec.  94. — He  shall  keep  careful  accounts  of  all  produce 
delivered  by  him  to  the  Steward,  and  receive  credit  for  the 
same  from  the  latter  in  a  Pass  Book  kept  for  that  purpose. 

Sec.  95. — He  shall,  upon  notice  from  the  Governor  or 
Steward,  attend  to  the  proper  delivery  of  all  supplies  and 
materials  landed  at  the  Dock,  or  procured  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, for  the  use  of  the  Institution. 

Sec,1.  9G. — He  shall  make  a  quarterly  report  to  the  Gover- 
nor, as  required  by  Sec.  13  of  Art.  V.,  giving  a  statement  of 
the  work  performed  in  his  department  during  the  preceding 
quarter. 

Sec.  97. — The  Engineer,  under  the  direction  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, shall  have  charge  and  supervision  of  all  the  engines, 
water-works,  heating  and  cooking  apparatus,  gas-works, 
bath-rooms  and  water-closets,  and  of  the  machinery  in  the 
laundry,  kitchen  and  elsewhere  in  and  about  the  Institu- 
tion; also  of  all  repairs  and  renewals  of  the  same.  He 
shall  also  attend  to  all  necessary  repairs  of  the  metallic  roofs 
of  buildings   and  other  tin-work,  the  repairs  of  the  iron 


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fences  and  other  iron-work,  including  the  farm  utensils  and 
vehicles,  and  all  plumbing  work  required  about  the  prem- 
ises, and  shall  devote  the  whole  of  his  time  to  the  discharge 
of  his  duties. 

Sec.  98. — He  shall  receive  a  stated  salary  for  his  services, 
which  shall  be  in  lieu  of  all  fees,  commissions,  gratuities  or 
perquisites,  directly  or  indirectly,  except  that  he  shall  be  al- 
lowed the  use  of  the  cottage  allotted  for  his  residence  and 
garden  plot. 

Sec.  99. — He  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor, 
be  authorized  to  employ,  when  necessary,  not  exceeding 
two  helpers,  whose  compensation  shall  be  determined  by 
the  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  100. — He  shall  make  requisitions  upon  the  Governor 
for  all  materials  needed  in  his  department,  and  shall  exam- 
ine and  certify  the  invoices  thereof,  as  provided  in  Section 
11  of  Art.  III. 

Sec.  101. — He  shall  keep  careful  accounts  of  all  work 
done,  and  make  a  quarterly  report  to  the  Governor,  as  re- 
quired by  Sec.  13  of  Art.  V.,  giving  a  statement  of  the 
work  performed  in  his  department  during  the  preceding 
quarter. 

Sec.  102. — The  Matron  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Governor,  have  charge  of  the  laundry  and  the  persons  em- 
ployed in  it,  and  of  all  the  work  of  making,  washing,  iron- 
ing and  mending  the  clothes  of  the  inmates,  and  the  bedding 
and  linen  of  the  Institution  ;  and  shall  devote  her  whole 
time  to  the  performance  of  her  duties.  None  but  a  single 
woman  shall  be  eligible  to  this  office. 


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Sec1.  103. — She  shall  receive  a  stated  salary,  to  be  fixed  by 
the  Board  of  Trustees,  together  with  the  use  of  the  furnished 
dwelling-house  allotted  for  her  residence,  with  lights,  fuel 
and  such   provisions,  groceries,  vegetables  and  milk,  from 


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the  stores  of  the  Institution,  as  may  be  sufficient  for  herself 
and  the  women  under  her  charge  ;  the  quantities  of  each  to 
be  agreed  upon  from  time  to  time  with  the  Governor,  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  Trustees,  and  to  be  served  to  her 
by  the  Steward. 

Sec.  104. — She  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the  Governor, 
be  authorized  to  employ  a  cook  and  other  persons  necessary 
to  perform  the  work  in  her  department,  whose  compensa- 
tions shall  not  exceed  the  usual  rates,  and  be  fixed  by  the 
Governor.  Said  women  shall  live  in  the  apartments  appro- 
priated for  their  use  in  the  Matron's  house,  and  take  their 
meals  there,  separate  from  the  inmates  and  male  servants. 
Unless  otherwise  expressly  permitted  by  the  matron,  they 
shall  always  be  in  their  rooms  by  nine  o'clock  at  night. 

Sec.  105. — She  shall  visit  the  rooms  of  the  inmates,  includ- 
ing those  in  the  Hospital,  at  least  once  a  week,  see  that  the 
beds  are  kept  clean  and  in  good  order,  and  report  if  they 
are  not  so  to  the  Steward. 

Sec.  106. — She  shall  take  care  that  the  clothing  of  the  in- 
mates is  properly  washed,  ironed  and  mended,  and  that  each 
person  receives  his  own. 

Sec.  107. — Articles  of  bedding  required  for  the  Hospital 
shall  be  furnished  only  on  the  requisition  of  the  Physician, 
and  shall  be  receipted  for  by  the  Nurse,  who  shall  at  the 
same  time  deliver  to  the  Matron  the  soiled  or  worn-out 
pieces  intended  to  be  replaced  thereby. 

Sec.  108. — Inmates  and  servants  shall  not  be  allowed  in 
the  clothes-room  or  laundry.  The  Matron  shall  report  to 
the  Steward  any  violation  of  this  rule. 

Sec.  109. — On  the  death  of  any  inmate  the  Matron  shall 
receive  from  the  Nurse  attending  him  such  clothes  and 
bedding  as  may  have  been  supplied  by  the  Institution,  and 
shall  have  them  washed  and  repaired ;  the  bedding  to  be 


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retained  in  her  care,  and  the  clothes   to  be  given  to  the 
Steward. 

Sec.  110. — She  shall  from  time  to  time  take  an  inven- 
tory, in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose,  labeled  "Inventory," 
of  all  beds,  bedding,  towels,  table-cloths  and  other  such 
articles  belonging  to  the  Institution,  and  furnish  a  copy 
thereof  to  the  Governor,  with  a  statement  of  the  articles,  if 
any,  missing. 

Sec.  111. — She  shall  keep  an  account  in  a  book,  labeled 
"Record  Book,"  of  all  garments  or  articles  received  each 
week  to  be  washed  and  repaired,  with  the  names  of  the 
inmates  to  whom  they  belong,  or  rooms  where  used. 

Sec.  112. — She  shall  also  keep  a  careful  account  of  all 
goods  or  materials  received  for  making  articles  for  the  use 
of  the  Institution,  comparing  such  materials  with  their  in- 
voices, and  if  found  correct,  the  latter  to  be  certified  by  her 
to  the  Governor,  as  provided  by  Section  11  of  Article  III. 

Sec.  113. — She  shall  once  a  quarter,  or  often er  if  required, 
prepare  a  list  of  the  stock  of  materials  on  hand,  either  made 
up  or  not;  of  the  number  of  beds,  sheets,  blankets  and 
other  articles  of  bedding  in  use  and  out  of  use,  with  re- 
marks as  to  its  condition  &c,  for  the  information  of  the 
( Governor.  She  shall  also,  when  necessary,  make  requisitions 
upon  him  for  any  materials  or  articles  required  in  her  de- 
partment, as  provided  by  Section  9  of  Article  V. 

SE0.  114. — She  shall  employ  a  Seamstress,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Governor,  to  assist  her  in  making  up  and 
mending  the  clothing,  bedding  &c,  and  have  supervision 
of  the  work  to  be  performed  by  her. 

Sue.  lir>. — She  shall  take  care  that  all  worn-out  sheets, 
pillow-cases,  towels,  table-cloths  and  all  linen  or  cotton 
garments  of  inmates,  and  other  like  articles,  are  collected 
and  saved,  to  be  disposed  of  as  the  Governor  shall  direct. 


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Sec.  116. — The  Matron,  in  the  general  execution  of  her 
duties,  upon  which  the  health  and  comfort  of  the  inmates 
so  much  depend,  is  enjoined  to  keep  good  order  in  her  house, 
and  take  care  that  the  women  under  her  charge  faithfully 
and  honestly  perform  their  appointed  duties,  and  that  their 
deportment  is  orderly,  quiet  and  respectful.  She  must  also 
take  care  that  no  waste,  destruction  or  loss  of  property 
occur. 

Sec.  117. — All  subordinate  officers  and  others  whose 
duties  are  not  herein  defined  shall  be  subject  to  and  obey 
the  orders  of  the  respective  Heads  of  Departments  under 
whom  they  are  employed,  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  said  Heads  of  Departments,  with  the 
approval  of  the  Governor. 

AETICLE  VI. 

ALTERATIONS    OE   THE   BY-LAWS. 

The  foregoing  By-Laws,  or  any  of  them,  may  at  any 
regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  by  a  two-thirds 
vote  of  not  less  than  five  members,  be  repealed,  altered,  or 
suspended,  as  they  may  determine. 

AETICLE  VII. 

OF  LEASES  AND  TRANSFERS  OF  THE  SAME. 

1.  Separate  leases,  signed  by  the  President  and  Secretary, 
shall  be  given  for  each  lot  of  ground  belonging  to  this 
Trust. 

2.  The  lessees  or  sub-lessees  shall  pay  all  expenses  and 
charges  for  leases,  transfers  and  acknowledgments  of  the 
same. 


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AETICLE  VIII. 

GENERAL    REGULATIONS. 

Section  1. — Qualifications  required  for  Admission. — The 
persons  for  whose  maintenance  and  support  the  Asylum,  or 
Marine  Hospital,  known  as  "The  Sailors'  Snug-  Harbor," 
was  erected  and  established,  are  described  in  the  will  of  its 
founder,  and  also  in  the  Act  of  Incorporation,  as  "Aged, 
Decrepit  and  Worn-out  Sailors." 

Persons  of  this  description  only  are  eligible  to  admission 
as  beneficiaries  of  the  Institution. 

Sec.  2. — No  person  shall  hereafter  be  admitted  to  the 
privileges  of  the  Institution,  or  allowed  to  continue  as  an 
inmate  thereof: 

Note.— The  4th  and  5th  clauses  do  not  apply  to  the  present  inmates. 

(1.)  Who  is  afflicted  with  a  contagious  disease,  the  latter 
to  be  determined  through  an  examination  by,  and  a  report 
from,  the  Resident  Physician. 

(2.)  Who  is  possessed  of  adequate  means  of  self-support, 
either  by  his  own  labor  or  from  other  sources. 

(3.)  Who  cannot  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  his  hav- 
ing sailed  for  at  least  five  years  under  the  flag  of  the  United 
States,  either  in  the  merchant  or  naval  service. 

(4.)  Who  does  not  present  an  application  to  the  Board  of 
Trustees  in  the  form  prescribed  for  such  purpose,  signed 
by  the  applicant,  and  verified  by  his  oath,  if  required,  as  to 
the  statements  therein  made;  also  accompanied  by  any 
testimonials  or  documentary  proof  of  his  eligibility  for  ad- 
mission, according  to  the  Rules  of  the  Institution. 

(5.)  Who  does  not  sign  a  copy  of  the  following  agree- 
ment: 

I,  ,  having  been  received 

as  ;in  inmate  of  The  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  do  hereby  agree 
to  abstain  from  Jill  intoxicating  liquors,  and  to  readily  and 
cheerfully  perforin  such  labor  and  service  in  and  about  the 


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Institution  and  Farm  as  may  be  required  of  me  by  the 
Governor,  without  expecting  or  claiming  any  reward  or  re- 
muneration therefor ;  also  to  attend  church  at  least  once 
every  Sunday  in  the  Sailors' Snug-  Harbor  Chapel,  unless 
excused  by  the  Governor ;  also  to  conduct  myself  in  a 
quiet,  orderly  manner,  and  to  strictly  obey  all  the  rules  and 
regulations  of  the  Institution. 

And  in  consideration  of  being  provided  with  a  comfort- 
able home,  with  food,  clothing  and  medical  attendance,  and 
the  other  privileges  afforded,  I  do  hereby  make  over  to  the 
Institution  all  such  beds,  bedding,  furniture  or  clothes  as  I 
may  bring  to  it  for  my  own  use. 

Sec.  3. — All  persons  who  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be 
admitted  to  the  privileges  of  the  Institution,  are  on  a  foot- 
ing of  entire  equality,  being  entitled  to  the  same  privileges, 
and  subject  to  the  same  duties  and  obligations.  All  mis- 
conduct or  willful  violation  of  the  Eules  may  be  punished 
by  deprivation  of  said  privileges,  or  by  suspension  or  ex- 
pulsion. 

Sec.  4. — The  present  and  future  inmates  of  the  Sailors' 
Snug  Harbor  shall  be  divided  into  three  classes  : 

The  First  Class  to  embrace  the  most  able-bodied  men, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  assist  in  outdoor  work  and  carry 
coal. 

The  Second  Class  to  embrace  all  those  who  are  not  en- 
rolled in  the  First  or  Third  Class. 

Their  duty  shall  be  to  keep  the  buildings  and  walks  clean, 
and  assist  in  all  indoor  work. 

The  Third  Class  to  embrace  all  those  who,  through  phys- 
ical disability,  are  excused  by  the  Eesident  Physician  from 
all  labor. 

Sec.  5. — General  Rules. — The  rising  bell  will  be  rung  at 
such  hour  in  the  morning  as  the  Governor  may  direct.  The 
inmates  shall  at  once  rise,  make  their  beds,  tidy  their  rooms 
and  persons,  and  at  the  ringing  of  the  call-bell  assemble 


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for  breakfast.     They  shall  occupy  the  seats  at  table  allotted 
or  their  use. 

Sec.  6. — No  inmate  shall  take  his  seat  at  table  with  un- 
washed face  aud  hands,  or  in  an  uncleanly  condition. 

Sec.  7. — A  proper  person  shall,  by  request  of  the  Gov- 
ernor, ask  a  blessing  at  every  meal.  No  inmate  shall  com- 
mence eating  at  table  before  a  blessing  shall  have  been 
asked. 

Sec.  8. — Inmates  are  strictly  forbidden  to  take  any  food 
from  the  dining  halls,  or  to  indulge  in  contention  or  bois- 
terous and  disorderly  conversation  at  the  table,  and  are 
earnestly  enjoined  to  demeau  themselves  in  a  decorous  and 
becoming  manner. 

Sec.  9. — The  general  charge  of  the  dining-rooms,  halls, 
kitchen,  bakery  and  dormitory  shall,  under  the  Governor, 
belong  to  the  Steward,  who  shall  be  assisted  in  the  perform- 
ance of  his  duties  by  suitable  persons  among  the  inmates, 
to  be  approved  by  the  Governor. 

Sec.  10. — The  setting  of  the  tables,  and  the  bringing  in 
and  removal  of  the  dishes,  shall  be  directed  by  the  assist- 
ants; and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  inmate  to  co-operate 
with  them  in  an  obliging  manner,  and  to  do  all  in  his  power 
to  preserve  order  and  regularity. 

Sec.  11. — Inmates  shall,  under  direction  of  the  Steward, 
sweep  daily  the  hall  floors,  wash  the  lower  hall  floors 
weekly,  and  keep  clean  the  steps,  areas,  walks  and  grounds 
around  the  buildings.  All  will  be  expected  to  co-operate 
in  keeping  the  buildings  and  grounds  in  perfect  order. 

Sec.  12. — Inmates  who  may  be  addicted  to  the  use  of 
tobacco  and  snuff  will,  under  proper  regulations,  be  fur- 
nished with  a  moderate  supply  of  those  articles;  but  no 
smoking  shall  be  allowed  in  the  halls  or  lodging-rooms, 


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nor  in  any  other  part  of  the  buildings  except  such  as  may 
be  appropriated  for  that  use  by  the  Governor,  and  all  spit- 
ting in  and  about  the  buildings  is  strictly  forbidden. 

Sec.  13. — Any  inmate  who  may  leave  the  premises  while 
under  "Taboo,"  or  who  shall  assault  any  officer  or  inmate, 
or  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  clothing  or  other  property 
furnished  by  or  belonging  to  the  Sailors'  Snug  Harbor,  or 
who  may  bring  any  intoxicating  liquor  into  the  Institution, 
Shall  be  expelled. 

Sec.  14. — The  use  of  intoxicating  liquors,  except  when 
prescribed  by  a  physician,  is  positively  forbidden,  and  any 
inmate  who  shall  be  found  guilty  of  drunkenness,  shall, 
during  a  specified  period,  be  deprived  of  the  privileges  of 
going  outside  the  enclosure,  and  be  otherwise  punished,  at 
the  discretion  of  the  Governor.  In  case  of  persistent  viola- 
tion of  this  rule,  the  inmate  so  offending  shall  be  suspended 
by  the  Governor,  and  the  case  immediately  reported  to  the 
Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  15. — Clothing  of  such  style  as  shall  be  decided  on  by 
the  Trustees,  will  be  furnished  to  all  inmates,  and  kept  in 
repair;  but  no  article  shall  be  thus  supplied  without  a 
written  order  from  the  Governor,  and  the  delivery  to  the 
Steward  of  the  old  garment  or  article  which  the  new  one  is 
to  replace. 

Sec.  16. — No  inmate  shall,  without  permission  from  the 
Governor,  wear  the  clothing  furnished  by  and  belonging  to 
the  Institution  while  on  leave  of  absence,  neither  shall  he 
destroy,  sell,  exchange  or  otherwise  dispose  of  any  such 
clothing  or  other  property  of  the  Institution. 

Sec.  17. — A  condition  of  idleness  and  inactivity  being 
always  detrimental  to  health,  all  inmates  shall  be  under 
obligation  to  perform  such  labor  and  service  in  and  about 
the  buildings,  grounds  and  farm  as  may  be  required  of  them 
by  the  Governor.     Any  one  claiming  exemption  from  this 


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regulation,  by  reason  of  disability,  will  be  required  to 
produce  the  Resident  Physician's  certificate  of  the  fact, 
otherwise  he  will  not  be  excused;  and  in  case  of  refusal  to 
comply  he  will.be  "Tabooed;"  his  tobacco  will  be  stopped; 
he  will  be  denied  the  use  of  the  Library  and  Beading-room, 
and  forbidden  to  do  any  work  by  which  he  can  earn 
money. 

Sec.  18. — Inmates  are  forbidden  to  work  for  persons  out- 
side of  the  Institution,  without  permission  of  the  Governor  : 
any  one  breaking  this  rule  will  be  liable  to  be  expelled. 

Sec.  19. — A  suitable  room  having  been  appropriated  and 
furnished  for  holding  daily  religious  exercises,  the  Chaplain 
will  be  in  attendance  both  morning  and  evening  to  conduct 
the  same,  and  all  persons  connected  with  the  Institution  are 
earnestly  and  most  affectionately  requested  to  avail  them- 
selves as  often  as  may  be  practicable  of  this  provision  for 
their  benefit. 

Sec.  20. — All  inmates  will  be  allowed  the  privileges  of 
the  Library  and  Beading-room,  under  such  regulations  as 
are  necessary  to  maintain  good  order  in  the  rooms  and  pre- 
serve the  books  and  papers  from  injury. 

Sec.  21. — The  hour  for  closing  and  locking  the  gates  of 
the  Institution  throughout  the  year  shall  be  9  o'clock  P.  M., 
at  which  hour  all  inmates  and  servants  must  be  within. 

Sec.  22. — No  light  shall  be  allowed  in  any  of  the  build- 
ings after  9  o'clock  in  the  evening,  excepting  the  night- 
lamps  in  the  halls  and  in  the  rooms  of  the  sick,  and  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  Steward  to  see  that  all  other  lights  are 
extinguished. 

Sec.  23. — Leave  of  absence  may  be  granted  by  the  Gov- 
ernor to  any  inmate  in  good  standing,  by  written  permit, 
which  shall  state  the  duration  of  such  leave ;  and  no  inmate 


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shall  at  any  time  be  absent  without  such  permission,  under 
penalty  of  having  his  name  stricken  from  the  roll  of  bene- 
ficiaries. Inmates  returning  from  leave  shall  immediately 
report  in  person  to  the  Governor. 

Sec.  24. — All  parcels  and  packages  brought  to  the  Institu- 
tion, by  visitors  or  others,  must  be  deposited  with  the  lodge- 
keepers,  who  will  return  them  when  the  owner  leaves.  If 
intended  for  any  of  the  officers,  such  parcels  will  be  de- 
livered as  addressed.  If  designed  for  any  inmate  or  ser- 
vant, such  parcels  shall  be  delivered  by  the  lodge-keeper 
to  the  Steward,  who  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  openeu  in 
the  presence  of  the  person  to  whom  it  is  addressed  ;  and  if 
any  intoxicating  liquor  or  other  contraband  article  shall  be 
found  therein,  the  same  shall  be  withheld  and  reported  to 
the  Governor.  No  inmate  shall  be  allowed  to  take  any- 
thing outside  the  gates  without  a  written  permit  from  the 
Governor  or  Steward  ;  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  lodge- 
keepers  to  detain  all  parcels  or  articles  for  which  proper 
permits  are  not  produced,  and  report  the  same  to  the  Gov- 
ernor. Pedlers  are  in  no  case  to  be  allowed  upon  the 
premises.  The  lodge-keepers  have  authority  to  search  any 
inmate  who  offers  to  pass  in  or  out  of  the  gate.  Inmates 
must  use  the  centre  gate  only,  and  are  strictly  prohibited 
from  passing  in  or  out  of  the  West  gate,  Governor's  gate,  or 
Doctor's  gate. 

Sec.  25. — Work  of  all  kinds  is  strictly  prohibited  on  the 
Sabbath,  unless  expressly  ordered  by  the  Governor.  All 
inmates  who  are  not  in  church  will  be  required  to  remain 
quietly  in  their  own  rooms  during  the  hours  of  Divine 
service. 

Sec.  26. — Each  inmate  will  be  furnished  with  his  num- 
ber stamped  on  metal ;  said  number  must  be  tied  on  his 
bundle  of  clothes  when  taken  to  the  wash-house,  and  will 
be  returned  to  him  with  his  clean  clothes. 


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Sec.  27. — Inmates  in  good  standing  who  faithfully  per- 
form the  duties  assigned  to  them  will,  by  the  permission  of 
the  Governor,  be  allowed  to  make  baskets  or  mats,  or  do 
other  work  by  which  they  can  earn  money  for  their  own 
use,  provided  that  they  readily  and  cheerfully  put  aside 
said  work  to  obey  any  orders  they  may  receive  from  the 
Governor  or  Steward. 

Sec.  28. — It  is  hereby  made  the  duty  of  every  one  con- 
nected with  the  Institution  to  report  to  the  Governor  any 
instance  within  his  knowledge  of  the  willful  waste  or  de- 
struction of  property,  or  any  depredations  thereon,  as  well 
as  any  violations  of  the  Rules  and  Regulati©ns  of  the  Insti- 
tution. 


